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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
A new anti-Brexit political party launches its campaign in Bristol for next month's European elections as British lawmakers return from their Easter break and as fresh bids to topple Prime Minister Theresa May mount.
Nigel Farage says he will stand as a candidate for the anti-immigration Reform UK party at the UK general election next month, after initially ruling out running. "I have changed my mind... I am going to stand," Farage, 60, told a news conference. Farage, a Eurosceptic politician and now a television presenter, campaigned for decades for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union and was a key figure in the 2016 Brexit referendum. He is a former leader of the Brexit Party and the anti-immigration party UKIP. SOUNDBITE
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's main opposition Labour party, greets workers at a polling station in London. His party's vision to remodel the country along socialist lines, but looks to have led his party to its worst defeat since 1935 as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's ruling party appeared on course for a sweeping victory in Thursday's snap election, an exit poll showed. IMAGES
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson addresses supporters in London, two days away from Thursday's general election. The Liberal Democrats hope to capture the votes of "Remainers" with a clear message to cancel Brexit, pitching themselves as the pro-European Union party, as opposed to the pro-Brexit Conservatives and undecided Labour IMAGES
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