Nigel Farage has said that it is too early to say whether he will choose to stand as a parliamentary candidate in Kent at the next general election.

But the former leader of Ukip says he does intend to stand whenever an election is called.

Nigel Farage explains the Brexit Party appeal at a rally in Detling

However, he would not be drawn on whether he was considering a further attempt to become an MP in one of the county's parliamentary constituencies.

Asked at a rally in Maidstone last week, Mr Farage told KentOnline: “I don't know. We are in week 24 of this party, we built it quickly, I am touring the country every day trying to get it fit and ready for an election... I have got to give it some thought in the next few days.”

However he said the party would consider a non-aggression pact with the Conservatives if it delivered a clean-break Brexit.

“In those circumstances I would work with Boris Johnson and do you know what? I think he would have a big majority.”

Mr Farage stood in 2015 as the Ukip candidate in South Thanet but was narrowly defeated by Conservative Craig Mackinlay.

The Brexit Party has already adopted candidates in most of the county’s constituencies including South Thanet but it is thought likely a candidate would step aside should Mr Farage choose to contest an election.

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