Andrew Sparrow's election briefing: Johnson won't change Brexit stance to please Farage

Catch up with the campaign with our daily roundup Follow the latest political news - live Boris Johnson has refused to harden his Brexit stance in a way that might have increased the chance of Nigel Farage giving the Conservative party a firmer electoral endorsement. Farage has already said his Brexit party will not stand candidates in Tory-held seats, and, ahead of the deadline on Thursday for nominations, he has been under pressure to withdraw his candidates in Labour-held marginals to help th...