UKIP leader Paul Nuttall chosen to fight by-election in ‘Capital of Brexit’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His decision to stand indicates Ukip&&num;8217&semi;s belief that it has a strong chance of taking the former Labour stronghold on February 23&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nr Nuttall will be seeking the support of some of the 65&period;7&percnt; of Stoke voters who backed Leave in last year&&num;8217&semi;s EU referendum&comma; describing the city as &&num;8220&semi;the capital of Brexit&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He sought to exploit Labour divisions over the vote to trigger Article 50 of the EU treaties to start the exit process&comma; and accused Jeremy Corbyn&&num;8217&semi;s party of trying to &&num;8220&semi;water down Brexit&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Addressing the local party&comma; he said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;In the referendum last year just about 70&percnt; of voters from Stoke voted to leave the European Union&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This was the highest vote share for Leave in any city in the United Kingdom&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;That makes Stoke the capital of Brexit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;And be clear &&num;8211&semi; nobody will fight harder than me to ensure that Brexit happens in full and good time&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;And in particular those Labour MPs who represent working class communities which voted Leave and now want to water down Brexit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;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&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pitching himself as the anti-establishment candidate&comma; 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