By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline
Published: 13:50 BST, 7 May 2019 | Updated: 15:44 BST, 7 May 2019
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Mr Farage said the Brexit Party had already raised 'well over' £2million to fight the European contests
Nigel Farage says his Brexit Party is planning to run candidates in any snap General Election and is targeting disaffected and frustrated Tory donors to help finance the campaign.
The former Ukip leader said his fledgling party was looking past the European elections on May 23 towards any national poll called if politicians fail to deliver Brexit.
At an election event in London today he aid the party was looking for '650 men and women ... with real-world experience, people who either in civic life or business life have got some achievements under their belt'.
Tory donors frustrated at Theresa May's leadership are being targeted by Nigel Farage as he seeks to build an election war chest for his Brexit Party.
And he said former Tory donors were in conversations about providing the 'big bucks' needed to fight a general election campaign - in which he was likely to stand.
Mr Farage said the party had already raised 'well over' £2million to fight the European contests, with 90 per cent of it from some 88,000 registered supporters paying £25 each, although a £100,000 donation had also been received.
But he said 'much bigger donors, traditionally donors to the Conservative Party' were now in conversations with the Brexit Party 'because they understand and realise that to fight a general election seriously we are going to need big bucks'.
He also suggested that if his party does well in the
