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The leader of Reform UK and Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage launches his campaign for Britain's upcoming general election on July 4 in Clacton-on-Sea, where he will run to be local MP. Speaking to hundreds of gathered supporters, he says "we want to put voices in Westminster that truly believe in Britain." IMAGES
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits the constituency of Uxbridge & South Ruislip with its newly elected MP Steve Tuckwell after the Conservative Party narrowly held on to the seat of former Prime Minsiter Boris Johnson by 495 votes. That result, driven by opposition to Labour mayor Sadiq Khan's expansion of a vehicle pollution tax to outer London, offered the embattled Sunak some relief, as elsewhere the Conservatives saw hefty majorities in two other seats blown away as scandals and high inflation took their toll. IMAGES
The leader of Britain's pro-EU Liberal Democrats, Jo Swinson, says early election results and exit polls, which indicate a big win for the ruling Conservative party, will bring "dread and dismay". Swinson, who campaigned on a pledge to revoke Brexit if elected, was beaten into second place by the Scottish National Party (SNP) in her East Dunbartonshire seat in western Scotland. SOUNDBITE
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected to his seat in north London in an election which sees Britain plunged into uncertainty with PM Theresa May tipped to lose her party's majority. IMAGES
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