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Hello and welcome to the Saturday edition of Coffee House Shots.

I'm Cindy Yu and I'm joined by Katie Balls and Isabel Oakshot, journalist and commentator.

When Brexit looked to be under threat in the last months of Theresa May's premiership,

Nigel Farage rode back into the fray to create the Brexit party.

Only three months after its inception, it took the European elections by storm,

coming first with 32% of the vote share. But when Boris Johnson struck a deal with the EU,

there was something of a split between its leader and its grassroots supporters and even some

MEPs. Its support took a dip in the days after the deal was struck, as half of leave voters say they'd rather leave with Boris's deal than with no deal.

So, Isabel, do you think there's still a place for the Brexit party now that the government has a deal?

Yes, I do, but I think it's been very difficult for the Brexit party.

I mean, it's difficult for all parties at the moment because they're chasing a constantly

moving and changing target. But there's no doubt that there's a real dilemma for the Brexit

party. And, you know, I don't think it's any secret that there have been difficult discussions

between Brexit Party MEPs and the party leadership and differing views on how to respond to Boris's deal. I mean,

the official party position is that this is a deeply flawed deal. I think they've called it

the second worst deal in history. But then there are people within the party who are more

pragmatic and recognise that actually flawed as

this deal may be and Nigel Farage is quite sort of compelling on why he thinks it's a very

bad deal. You know, it's really hard to see the path to no deal, this kind of ideological goal for many pure Brexiteers. And actually,

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