Boris Johnson supporters met with the Brexit Party leader at a £1,500-a-year private members’ club in Mayfair to forge an electoral pact to ensure Labour stays out of No.10. At the meeting, it is understood Nigel Farage met with pro-Boris MP Priti Patel, insurance tycoon Arron Banks and DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr to discuss a deal under which MPs in an administration formed Mr Johnson would agree to stand aside in certain seats in favour of Brexit Party candidates, to avoid splitting the pro-Brexit vote. The news of the secret summit comes after a survey found that 62 percent of Tory councillors would back an election pact with Mr Farage’s party, if it were likely to keep Labour out of Downing Street.
The ComRes Poll, commissioned by the Sunday Telegraph, asked 510 councillors across the country asked if they would be willing to support a Brexit Part pact, if it ensured Mr Corbyn was kept from No.10.
The poll was carried out from June 21-22 and also found that 61 percent of Tory councillors intended to vote for Mr Johnson in the leadership contest, compared to 39 percent who planned to back Jeremy Hunt.
Some 83 percent said that the next Tory leader must deliver Brexit on October
