EU foe Farage takes Brexit poll challenge to Johnson

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Anti-EU populist leader Nigel Farage said yesterday he will field hardline Brexit candidates across Britain despite fears he could deny Prime Minister Boris Johnson a majority in next month’s election.Farage wants to sever all ties with the European Union (EU) and calls Johnson’s divorce deal agreed with Brussels last month a “sell-out” of the hopes of Britons who triggered Brexit in a 2016 referendum.