THE GUARDIAN: Nigel Farage move may not help Tories as much as it first appears

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Rob Ford, a professor of politics at the University of Manchester, thinks Farage’s announcement could actually help Labour candidates such as Melanie Onn in Grimsby, where she is defending a majority of 2,565 against the Conservatives.

“Labour’s vote will go down if the Brexit party stands, but the Conservative vote will go down by more because leave supporters are a higher proportion of its own base. You have to wonder if Farage understands his own electorate,” the academic said.