Reality Check

Nigel Farage has repeated his claim that five million Labour supporters voted to leave the European Union.

There are no precise figures for this because general elections and referendums are secret ballots.

But most estimates put the figure between three and four million.

You can read more about it here.

Mr Farage refuses to say whether he will stand, and if so, which constituency it would be.

"We're going to announce all of that in the next few days," he says.

Revealing his own plans would be a "massive distraction," he adds, stressing that he wants today to be about the chance to form an alliance.

Mr Farage says the Brexit Party "absolutely recognises" that the Conservatives are a bigger party with a "bigger footprint".

"But it would be fair to say there are around 150 seats which are Labour-held constituencies which the Conservative Party never ever won in their history," he said, suggesting the Brexit Party are more likely to win there.

"The issue matters far more than party," he says.

"This is a big moment in history. We're so close to getting that majority in Parliament."

Mr Farage adds: "This is a one off opportunity and if we do finish off with that withdrawal agreement then frankly, I think it's the end of Brexit, because it's a deal that's just so bad."

Elaborating on his offer to the Tories, which he says also extends to Labour Brexiteers, Mr Farage says there are Leave-voting areas that the Tories cannot reach.

"We have enough money for a fully funded election campaign," he says.

"The real deal is a Leave alliance which wins a big majority in Parliament.

"I hope common sense prevails. We are prepared, all of us, to put country before party and we put that appeal out to Boris Johson.

"But, if they choose not to, we will stand up and do this on our own."

Nigel Farage urges Boris Johnson to form a "leave alliance" with his party, quoting Donald Trump's claim that this would be electorally "unstoppable".

However, if the PM is not willing to do this, he says his party will contest every seat in Britain in the upcoming election.

He says such a non-aggression pact "is to our advantage, to their advantage and to Brexit's advantage".

He suggests the Tories have until 14 November - when the parties must declare who is standing where - to make up their mind.

Nigel Farage - who has repeatedly criticised the PM's Brexit deal - calls on Boris Johnson to drop his agreement "because it's not Brexit".

"Boris tells us it's a great new deal, it is not," he says. "It's a bad treaty. Simply, it is not Brexit.

"Boris' deal gives us all of the burdens of EU membership but no say whatsoever."

The Brexit Party leader says he thinks it "will lead to a campaign in which people say we have no voice, we have no vote, we have no veto".

"It will lead to a campaign for us to rejoin," he says.

He accuses Labour of a "complete betrayal" over Brexit and suggests his party will be parking its tanks on Jeremy Corbyn's lawn during the election.

"The Brexit Party poses a very major problem to Labour, particularly in Wales, the Midlands and certainly in many parts of the north of England," he says.

They will be among the areas that will be key targets for the Brexit Party, he says.

In the course of the next week, he will be campaigning in the East Midlands, north of England, south Wales and Workington - the latter also a target for the Tories.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has started speaking.

"It is November 1 and yes we are still members of the European Union," is his opening line.

Claire Fox says she finds it "galling" for the Conservatives to "issue a command, that all Leave voters must vote Tory".

"This seems insultingly complacent," she says. "The truth is, the Tories don't own Brexit.

"No party owns Brexit, and that includes the Brexit Party.

"Every vote in this election needs to be fought for, every voter needs to choose whose vision... is most compelling."

The Brexit Party MEP Claire Fox is now speaking at the party's launch, and says voters have been "sidelined" as the UK's vote to leave the EU has been "hijacked".

She criticises the Conservatives' election strategy targeting the "Workington man", calling it a "patronising election moniker" and she was delighted to see it "implode".

"There's some evidence that traditional parties have not quite learnt the lessons of the Brexit vote," she says.

And now former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe, who represents the Brexit Party in the European Parliament, takes to the stage.

She says Boris Johnson's "do or die" pledge to leave the EU on 31 October was made of "rot".

"He was promising something he knew darn well right from the start that he would almost certainly be prevented from delivering," she says.

Richard Tice is setting out "three simple measures" that the party would take to raise £200bn for the UK if it was elected.

Firstly, the party would scrap the HS2 rail link to save £100bn, he says, and goes on to claim that the Conservatives copied their policy by announcing a review.

Secondly, "we should not be sending £39bn to Brussels," he says.

And thirdly, the party would redirect 50% of the UK's foreign aid budget back into public services, he says.

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Richard Tice, chairman of the Brexit Party, has been playing the role of warm-up act for Nigel Farage for the past six months,

Addressing activists, he says the party has a "major role" to play in the outcome of upcoming election.

"For the third time, Tories have failed to deliver Brexit on the date promised and pledged," he says.

"The truth is finally dawning on people that the Conservatives are unable to deliver Brexit on their own.

"We have a major role to play in the outcome of this general election.

"Millions of voters across the country feel utterly let down by the two major political parties in this country and the established political class.

"I did chuckle earlier this week to hear a former leader of the Conservative party say they were the Brexit party. They are not, far from it."

The Brexit Party's campaign launch event is under way in central London.

We'll be hearing from its leader Nigel Farage shortly after 11.00 GMT.

The former UKIP leader is expected to announce his election strategy, including how many candidates his party will field.

He's already said he'll use the speech to call for "some kind of Brexit alliance" with the Conservatives - but the Tories have ruled out such a pact.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Guests on BBC Radio 5 Live are discussing whether the Brexit debate has left people deeply entrenched in their views and refusing to listen to the other side.

"It's almost as if you're not allowed to see the other side's point of view," says barrister and commentator Bobby Friedman.

Discussing voting trends, BBC political correspondent Helen Catt says politics used to be "a lot more tribal, you basically voted how your parents did and your kids voted how you did".

"It sort of got passed through families," she adds. "And that is perhaps changing, it's less likely now. We're now likely to see families voting different ways.

"We're more of sort of a flighty generation of voters. The parties are having to work harder, frankly, they can't rely on people on you turning out just because you always have, they have to offer something new."

Campaigning in Edinburgh, Nicola Sturgeon has described talk of the Brexit Party forming an alliance with the Conservatives as a "Halloween monster".

She was responding to US President Donald Trump's comments that if the two pro-Brexit parties joined forces they would be "unstoppable".

She told Heart Scotland News: "A Nigel Farage Boris Johnson coalition would be scary. I know Halloween was yesterday, but it is the Halloween monster prospect that nobody in Scotland wants to see.

"But whether there is a formal deal between Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson or not, everybody knows the Tory party is currently morphing into the Brexit Party."

"That's the future unless Scotland positively and actively chooses an alternative: votes to escape the Brexit horror show and instead puts their future into their own hands."

She has been pictured speaking to voters alongside Deidre Brock, SNP MP for Edinburgh North and Leith, and Joanna Cherry, SNP MP for Edinburgh South West.