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		</div><p>Ukip leader Paul Nuttall will fight the crunch Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election in a major test of his plan to replace Labour as the party of the working class in the Midlands and the North of England.</p>
<p>Mr Nuttall was confirmed as the candidate after the other 10 people on the shortlist withdrew from the contest to make way for their leader.</p>
<p>His decision to stand indicates Ukip&#8217;s belief that it has a strong chance of taking the former Labour stronghold on February 23.</p>
<p>Nr Nuttall will be seeking the support of some of the 65.7% of Stoke voters who backed Leave in last year&#8217;s EU referendum, describing the city as &#8220;the capital of Brexit&#8221;.</p>
<p>He sought to exploit Labour divisions over the vote to trigger Article 50 of the EU treaties to start the exit process, and accused Jeremy Corbyn&#8217;s party of trying to &#8220;water down Brexit&#8221;.</p>
<p>Addressing the local party, he said: &#8220;In the referendum last year just about 70% of voters from Stoke voted to leave the European Union.</p>
<p>&#8220;This was the highest vote share for Leave in any city in the United Kingdom.<br />
&#8220;That makes Stoke the capital of Brexit.</p>
<p>&#8220;And be clear &#8211; nobody will fight harder than me to ensure that Brexit happens in full and good time.<br />
&#8220;If I am elected as your MP it will send a signal to all those who are trying to put spanners in the works that their jobs are on the line.</p>
<p>&#8220;And in particular those Labour MPs who represent working class communities which voted Leave and now want to water down Brexit.</p>
<p>&#8220;They will be put on notice that if they seek to frustrate the will of the people they may as well be asking for their P45s in the post.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pitching himself as the anti-establishment candidate, Mr Nuttall attacked the &#8220;metropolitan elite&#8221; at the top of the Labour Party and said he could give constituents a national voice as a party leader.</p>
<p>&#8220;The metropolitan elite has had the fate of working people in its grip for too long,&#8221; he said..<br />
&#8220;It&#8217;s now time that that grip was broken.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have heard people say that these communities have been left behind, this is no doubt true.<br />
&#8220;But it is a phrase that I do not like.</p>
<p>&#8220;I prefer to say that these communities have been let down, and let down time and time again.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let down by a haughty political establishment that looks down its nose at working class people, let down by a Labour Party in particular that takes their votes for granted.&#8221;</p>
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