In his column in The Telegraph, Mr Farage claimed that despite the Mr Johnson’s promising stance on Brexit, he will soon falter at the finish line. The attacks from the leader of the Brexit Party come following a letter written by Mr Johnson to the President of the EU Council. In it, Mr Johnson talks of how he wants to set the UK’s position on the Northern Ireland backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement. He said: “It was good while it lasted. For several weeks, Boris Johnson gave the impression of being a true Brexiteer – so much so that some people even began to ask: “What is the point of the Brexit Party?
“Most no-dealers in the country cheered every statement the Prime Minister made and this week the Government even announced that free movement of people would end on October 31.
“At last, it seemed, the referendum vote was being acted upon.
Mr Farage laid down his reasoning for thinking of Mr Johnson as betraying a true, no deal Brexit by October 31, as previously promised.
“But don’t be fooled by the PR blitz. For this week, in his four-page letter to Donald Tusk, the EU Council President, we have also seen the other Boris Johnson; the man who, in March, voted for the Withdrawal Agreement and the Northern Ireland backstop at the third time of asking. Some might say this is the “real” Johnson.”
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Mr Farage, who has championed Brexit and a no deal scenario, channelled his anger towards Mr Johnson as he further highlighted several telling signs of a potential agreement with the EU in the four page letter.
One extremely important angle of the letter was, as Mr Farage pointed out, the fact that the Prime Minister failed to mention leaving the EU without a deal at all.
He said: “But if you don’t issue a threat, why would the other side take you seriously?
“Who can forget the BBC documentary Inside Europe, in which the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, confirmed that Theresa May never put “no deal” on the negotiating table?
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“It would appear that Johnson, no doubt encouraged by his civil servants, is taking the same approach.”
Mr Farage’s column comes after the Prime Minister announced that he would start to scale back the UK’s communications with the EU.
The move will essentially kick-start the Brexit process, as British officials will withdraw from hundred of official meetings in Brussels ahead of the October 31 deadline.
Steve Barclay, the Brexit Secretary said that the UK will now “only go to the meetings that really matter”.
