Anti-Brexit campaigners have seized a website domain for Nigel Farage’s new party in a bid to disrupt his European election campaign.
The Led By Donkeys group claimed that the former Ukip leader forgot to register the URL for the Brexit Party before its launch.
The group has now set up its own page at thebrexitparty.com with the banner “No Brexit Party – Nigel Farage Doesn’t Represent Britain”.
It features a series of Led By Donkeys’ tweets about their use of political billboards to taunt Mr Farage and the March to Leave from Sunderland to London.
“Nigel Farage wants to register a huge victory in the European elections, but he can’t even register his own website,” the group said.
“Seven times he’s failed to get elected to Westminster. But he did get himself a seat in the European parliament because at the time hardly any of us cared. Well, we do now. Nobody is more responsible than Farage for the diminished state of our nation.”
The group, which has raised more than £270,000 through crowdfunding for its campaign, is calling on the public to register to vote to stop him getting re-elected in Brussels on 23 May.
“Farage has unintentionally given birth to the biggest, most passionate pro-European movement this continent has ever seen,” the group added “This is our moment. This is your vote. Use it.”
The official Brexit Party website uses the .org domain and urges supporters to register by paying a £25 annual fee.
Speaking ahead of the launch in Coventry, Mr Farage said his campaign was attracting growing support, raising £750,000 in small donations over the last 10 days.
He also claimed he will not allow the far right to “tarnish the brand” as they did with his former party.
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