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• Snow falls across parts of South West as flood-hit areas prepare for more rain

  13-11-2019 23:47
  
  The South West and parts of Wales were pictured blanketed in snow on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Stadia won't have family sharing, achievements, or 4K streaming on PC at launch - PC Gamer

  13-11-2019 23:43 via news.google.com
  Stadia won't have family sharing, achievements, or 4K streaming on PC at launch  PC GamerGoogle Stadia launch gets worse with missing co-op and sharing features  TechRadarStadia launch dev: Game makers are worried “Google is just going to cancel it”  Ars TechnicaGoogle Stadia will launch without a bunch of promised features  PolygonStadia AMA confirms Assistant features, Chromecast Ultra firmware requirement, more  9to5GoogleView full
  
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• Prince Harry and Prince William repair royal rift by praising their joint charity venture - Express.co.uk

  13-11-2019 23:43 via news.google.com
  Prince Harry and Prince William repair royal rift by praising their joint charity venture  Express.co.ukMeghan Markle may spend Thanksgiving in London rather than LA  Daily MailPlus- size blogger recreates Meghan Markle’s favourite fashion looks to prove her style suits any shape  The SunRoyal outrage: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in shock Christmas snub with 'hurt’ Queen  ExpressDuke and Duchess of Sussex confirm they'll have US Christmas&nb
  
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• Brexit Party's Farage turns down electoral pact offer from PM Johnson's Conservatives - report

  13-11-2019 23:41
  
  The Conservative Party's offer would have meant the Brexit Party targeting only 40 key seats in constituencies held by Britain's opposition Labour Party, as the Conservatives pledged to stand only 'paper' candidates in those constituencies, according to the report.Farage turned down the deal because he wanted the Conservative Party to withdraw their candidates altogether from those seats, the newspaper reported.
  
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• Election 2019: Young voters react to Facebook political ads from parties

  13-11-2019 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Here's what they thought of paid-for adverts from the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats.
  
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• Labour Vows To Close Gender Pay Gap By 2030 In 'Bold' Offer To Women

  13-11-2019 23:34
  
  Fast-track plan would see pay inequality eliminated 50 years earlier than what is currently predicted.
  
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• Labour pledge to close pay gap between men and women by 2030

  13-11-2019 23:30
  
  The average gender pay gap for full-time work stands at 13.1% in the UK.
  
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• Equal pay: election rivals set out plans to target gender gap

  13-11-2019 23:30
  
  The Liberal Democrats’ announcements were timed to coincide with Equal Pay Day.Photograph: Joe Giddens/PAThe Liberal Democrats have pledged to expand measures to tackle the gender pay gap by obliging bigger companies to publish data on employment levels by gender, as well as for BAME and LGBT staff.The party also promised to push for a law to end the so-called pink tax, whereby companies charge higher prices for fundamentally identical products such as razors or deodorants simply because t
  
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• The top three Disney Plus titles we’re watching right now - TechRadar

  13-11-2019 23:00 via news.google.com
  The top three Disney Plus titles we’re watching right now  TechRadarDisney passes 10m streaming sign-ups in one day  Financial TimesDisney+ hit by technical glitches on launch day  BBC NewsHow to Sign Up for Disney+: How to Watch for Free, How Much It Costs, What Devices Run It, and Where to Subscribe - IGN  IGNWhy more media companies want in on the expensive 'streaming revolution'  PBS NewsHourView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn guilty of ignoring Scotland’s vote to Remain – Ian Blackford

  13-11-2019 23:00
  
  The SNP's Westminster leader made the comments as the Labour chief is in Scotland on a two-day campaign visit.
  
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• Duke of Cambridge praises Centrepoint on its 50th anniversary

  13-11-2019 22:48
  
  William attended a gala marking the milestone, where he met celebrities including Rita Ora and members of Duran Duran.
  
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• 'He's lost the plot’ - Britons FURIOUS at Labour's attack on YOUR cars with huge taxes

  13-11-2019 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JEREMY CORBYN has caused outrage following the announcement of his party’s car tax policy as voters vent their fury at what they see as unworkable policy.
  
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• Trump cared more about investigating Biden than Ukraine, key witness reveals - The Guardian

  13-11-2019 22:12 via news.google.com
  Trump cared more about investigating Biden than Ukraine, key witness reveals  The GuardianImpeachment inquiry: First public hearings - reaction and analysis  BBC NewsTrump impeachment inquiry: New claims amid public hearing  BBC NewsTrump's public impeachment hearings are being frustrated by GOP and Democratic divisions  The IndependentDid Trump win day one of the impeachment hearings? Our panel verdict  The GuardianView full coverage on Google N
  
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• Not being able to read or write linked to increased dementia risk – study

  13-11-2019 22:00
  
  Researchers adjusted their findings for age, socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease.
  
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• Katy Perry joins Charles in Mumbai to discuss work of British Asian Trust

  13-11-2019 22:00
  
  The singer said she shares similar views to Charles on climate change.
  
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• It’s 2019, But Boris Johnson’s Partying Like It’s 2015

  13-11-2019 21:48
  
  PM warns of "chaos", yet that’s exactly what the flooded north feels like to many.
  
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• Secret CPS targets may have led to rape cases being dropped

  13-11-2019 21:43
  
  Rape prosecutions are at their lowest level in more than a decade Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA ArchiveTens of thousands of rape cases may have been dropped because of secret targets implemented by the Crown Prosecution Service, it has emerged.The unofficial policy for prosecutors to have “levels of ambition” of achieving a 60% conviction rate in rape cases may have encouraged them to drop cases where there was not a high prospect of conviction.The hidden benchmark could go so
  
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• Johnson's onanism gag is no surprise: his career is based on pleasing himself - The Guardian

  13-11-2019 21:34 via news.google.com
  Johnson's onanism gag is no surprise: his career is based on pleasing himself  The GuardianGeneral election 2019: Boris Johnson's obscene Jeremy Corbyn insult over Brexit  Mirror OnlineNews Daily: Election clash on NHS and Army to help flood victims  BBC NewsBoris insiders tell me they want to put off the fight for the soul of the Tory party. It may be too late  The IndependentTactical pacts won’t turn this into a Brexit election  The Guard
  
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• Johnson's onanism gag is no surprise: his career is based on pleasing himself

  13-11-2019 21:34
  
  Truth and lies are interchangeable to this sociopath’s sociopath. It’s hard to imagine a less sensitive prime minister. “Where have you been all this time” asked most of Yorkshire. “Haven’t you heard?” Boris Johnson replied. “There’ve been terrible floods. Why on earth would anyone want to come here now?” “But you’re the prime minister.” “I know. And I’ve just come up with this absolutely cracking wanking g
  
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• Johnson's onanism gag is no surprise: his career is based on pleasing himself

  13-11-2019 21:34
  
  ‘He only knows he’s alive if he gets a few laughs’ ... Boris Johnson speaking at the London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) in Coventry. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images“Where have you been all this time” asked most of Yorkshire.“Haven’t you heard?” Boris Johnson replied. “There’ve been terrible floods. Why on earth would anyone want to come here now?”“But you’re the prime minister.”“I know. An
  
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• SDLP leader delivers rallying call in South Belfast

  13-11-2019 21:33
  
  Colum Eastwood spoke at the launch of Claire Hanna's campaign in the constituency.
  
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• Candidate calamities: who has incited the biggest controversy?

  13-11-2019 21:15
  
  Kate Griffiths is to stand as Tory candidate in her estranged husband Andrew Griffiths’ former seat of Burton. Photograph: FacebookThe major parties have been dogged by controversies about their candidates before nomination papers have even been submitted. Allegations of racism and sexism have abounded, leading to several to withdraw and/or apologise. Others have been the subject of rows over their selection or accusations of cronyism. As the final list of candidates prepare to hand in the
  
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• UK weather: Heavy snow falls on Britain as Met Office issues dangerous travel warning - Mirror Online

  13-11-2019 21:12 via news.google.com
  UK weather: Heavy snow falls on Britain as Met Office issues dangerous travel warning  Mirror OnlineWales snow warning: Plummeting temperatures to see snow storms hit TONIGHT - latest maps  Express.co.ukMet Office weather warning as snow, ice and rain head for South West  Devon LiveUK weather: Flooded parts of England prepare for 'danger to life' rain  Sky NewsUK flood warnings today: More than 100 warnings in place as heavy rain looms  Express.c
  
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• Donald Tusk's message to UK voters: don't give up on stopping Brexit

  13-11-2019 21:00
  
  Outgoing EU council chief gives implicit backing to Boris Johnson’s opponents. Donald Tusk has given his implicit backing to Boris Johnson’s opponents in the general election with a call for anti-Brexit campaigners to keep fighting in the month before Britain goes to the polls. In what he openly conceded was an unconventional move, the outgoing president of the European council made a pointed intervention in the UK’s general election debate with a thinly veiled message of solid
  
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• SPAC Nation: Church Reported To Police As Shadow Minister Alleges ‘Echoes Of Rotherham Abuse Scandal’

  13-11-2019 20:53
  
  Metropolitan Police is investigating controversial church facing "several very alarming allegations of sexual abuse" in wake of major HuffPost UK investigation.
  
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• Meghan Markle may spend Thanksgiving in London rather than LA - Daily Mail

  13-11-2019 20:51 via news.google.com
  Meghan Markle may spend Thanksgiving in London rather than LA  Daily MailRoyal outrage: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in shock Christmas snub with 'hurt’ Queen  ExpressPlus- size blogger recreates Meghan Markle’s favourite fashion looks to prove her style suits any shape  The SunDuke and Duchess of Sussex confirm they'll have US Christmas  Daily MailRoyal feud: How Harry showed ‘exasperation for William’ with eye-opening jibe 
  
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• Italian tenor Bocelli joins with UNESCO to aid children affected by war

  13-11-2019 20:48
  
  Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli launched a "Voices of the World" musical education programme jointly with UNESCO on Wednesday to provide a boost to children affected by armed conflicts.The multi-year programme will expand on the renowned blind tenor's 2016 "Voices of Haiti" project that provided musical therapy and training, lessons, rehearsals, play time and meals to 12,000 children in one of the world's poorest countries."Music is a universal language that can influence the human soul in a
  
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• General election: Here's what happened on day eight of the campaign - Sky News

  13-11-2019 20:35 via news.google.com
  General election: Here's what happened on day eight of the campaign  Sky NewsGeneral election 2019: Why Labour is lost in the middle in Scotland  BBC NewsGeneral election: Boris Johnson urges voters to reject 'Sturgeon-Corbyn alliance' – as it happened  The GuardianGeneral election: Why ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’ is turning into a lament in Scotland – leader comment  Scotland on SundayJeremy Corbyn says ISIS leader should have been ARRESTED
  
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• New inpatients banned at mental health unit rated unsafe

  13-11-2019 20:34
  Damning CQC report on private Cygnet Acer clinic where patients could self harm and one died by hanging. A privately run mental health unit has been banned from admitting new patients after inspectors found numerous safety failings, one of which led to a resident dying by hanging. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has stopped the Cygnet Acer Clinic, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, from accepting new inpatients. It declared that the facility was “not safe” for people to use. Inspectors f
  
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• Hands on: MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) review - TechRadar

  13-11-2019 20:33 via news.google.com
  
  Hands on: MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) review  TechRadarApple unveils 16in MacBook Pro - with updated keyboard  BBC NewsComplete with keyboard and actual, literal, 'physical' escape key: Apple emits new 16" $2.4k+ MacBook Pro  The RegisterApple is finally willing to make gadgets thicker so they work better  CNBCMacBook Pro 16 vs MacBook Pro 13: What more do you get?  TrustedReviewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Boris Johnson's Unconvincing Explanation For Dropping A Reference To Masturbation From His Speech

  13-11-2019 20:33
  
  PM had taken aim at Jeremy Corbyn in lewd remarks released by the Conservative Party.
  
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• UK’s largest light festival plays host to Sir Tim Rice piece

  13-11-2019 20:23
  
  Lumiere in Durham started a decade ago.
  
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• Anti-abortion party targets Stella Creasy in general election

  13-11-2019 20:23
  
  The Christian Peoples Alliance is "concentrating" on unseating the Labour candidate for Walthamstow.
  
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• Does every month of delay on Brexit cost £1bn?

  13-11-2019 20:16
  
  The Conservatives have again referred to the contribution the UK makes to the EU. Claim Boris Johnson has said that “every month of delay [of Brexit] is costing this country £1bn to stay in right now”. Background This is a line that the Conservative party has used before. It was used by the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, and refers to the total contribution the UK makes, roughly, to the EU every month. Reality Neither the figure nor the claim are accurate. A delay to ratifica
  
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• Tories have ignored Russian meddling for years, says Chris Bryant

  13-11-2019 20:14
  
  Labour candidate says Conservatives have allowed ‘massive influx of dirty money to enter UK’. A Labour politician who says he was a victim of deliberate food poisoning on a ministerial trip to Russia has accused the Conservatives of “deliberate British amnesia” in ignoring years of infiltration and refusing to publish a parliamentary report on Kremlin meddling in the UK. Writing in the Guardian, Chris Bryant said that Conservative governments had instead allowed a “
  
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• Andrew Sparrow's election briefing: Johnson won't change Brexit stance to please Farage

  13-11-2019 20:07
  
  Catch up with the latest from the 2019 campaign with our daily roundup. Boris Johnson refuses to harden Brexit stance in first set-piece campaign speech Boris Johnson has refused to hardened up his Brexit stance in a way that might have increased the chance of Nigel Farage giving the Conservative party a firmer electoral endorsement. Farage has already said that his Brexit party will not stand candidates in Tory-held seat and, ahead of the deadline on Thursday for nominations, he has been under
  
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• Give the Lib Dems a fair crack of the whip

  13-11-2019 20:04
  
  Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson campaigning in north London. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPARafael Behr (Tactical pacts won’t turn this into a Brexit election, Journal, 13 November) says “the Tories and Labour will continue to dominate English politics”. But only because of the distortions of the first-past-the-post electoral system, which no longer reflects the political geography of the country. Nor does the bizarre decision by ITV and the BBC to broadcast head-to-head interview
  
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• Overwhelming gratitude for the priceless gift of organ donation

  13-11-2019 20:02
  
  Mary Brown on the gift relationship between donors and recipients, Paul Sayer on receiving a donor kidney and Eleanor Yates on the daily thanks her family gives. Thank you, Zoe Wood for reminding us of the real human relationships that lie behind organ transplant in your article about Liz Houghton and her son Will ( ‘I want to know that Will’s life mattered’, G2, 11 November). Recently in hospital I watched as freely donated blood dripped into my vein and wondered about the unk
  
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• Lib Dems Cannot Back Ex-Tory David Gauke Because He Cut Benefits, Chuka Umunna Says

  13-11-2019 20:01
  
  Defector from Labour tells HuffPost UK that supporting the former Conservative cabinet minister would open Lib Dems up to attacks from his old party.
  
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• ‘Naive’ Corbyn attacked for saying IS leader should have been put on trial

  13-11-2019 20:00
  
  The Labour leader said putting Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before the International Criminal Court would have been the 'right thing to do'.
  
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• Modelling the past to predict the future

  13-11-2019 19:59
  
  Guardian readers respond to Laura Spinney’s long read on quantitative approaches to history. Laura Spinney’s important, excellent long read ( Calculating the future, 12 November) draws attention to the developments in quantitative approaches to history pioneered by Jack Goldstone and Peter Turchin, including the journal Cliodynamics, and their predictive possibilities. She could have mentioned the predictive success of Turchin’s quantitative approach (including modelling the ri
  
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• Frank Dobson was Heritage Labour

  13-11-2019 19:56
  
  Guardian readers remember the former Labour minister, who has died age 79. In the Blair/Brown government’s last days, the crown estate commissioners opted to privatise their four residential estates in London, one of which was in the constituency of Frank Dobson ( Obituary, 13 November). He was a most active and supportive MP in our campaign to prevent it. Some time later, in a televised House of Commons debate on housing, he was sitting with Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell when a Tory mi
  
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• General election 2019: Boris Johnson blasts Jeremy Corbyn as 'naive to the point of dangerous' over Islamic State leader - Evening Standard

  13-11-2019 19:50 via news.google.com
  General election 2019: Boris Johnson blasts Jeremy Corbyn as 'naive to the point of dangerous' over Islamic State leader  Evening StandardJeremy Corbyn says ISIS leader should have been ARRESTED  Daily MailGeneral election 2019: Why Labour is lost in the middle in Scotland  BBC NewsGeneral election: Why ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’ is turning into a lament in Scotland – leader comment  Scotland on SundayGeneral election: Boris Johnson urges voters
  
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• McCluskey sparks Labour backlash over tough line on free movement

  13-11-2019 19:48
  
  Unite leader infuriates activists who campaigned for radical pro-migration motion. Jeremy Corbyn’s key union supporter, Unite’s Len McCluskey, sparked a backlash on Tuesday as he told the Labour leader that victory in the general election means taking a tough line on free movement of workers. In a Guardian interview, the Unite general secretary said shadow cabinet members should not upset Labour’s carefully crafted Brexit position during the election and that he would oppose an
  
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• UK weather forecast – Half a month’s rain to fall TOMORROW with ‘danger’ flood warnings issued from London to - The Sun

  13-11-2019 19:43 via news.google.com
  
  UK weather forecast – Half a month’s rain to fall TOMORROW with ‘danger’ flood warnings issued from London to  The SunView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Duke and Duchess of Sussex to spend Christmas Day with Meghan's mother, rather than with the Queen - Telegraph.co.uk

  13-11-2019 19:39 via news.google.com
  Duke and Duchess of Sussex to spend Christmas Day with Meghan's mother, rather than with the Queen  Telegraph.co.ukDuke and Duchess of Sussex confirm they'll have US Christmas  Daily MailRoyal outrage: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in shock Christmas snub with 'hurt’ Queen  ExpressRoyal family Christmas: How do the royals spend Christmas Day and what are their traditions?  OK! magazineMeghan Markle may spend Thanksgiving in London rather than LA&nbs
  
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• Threats of violence against female politicians condemned by Hillary Clinton

  13-11-2019 19:38
  
  The former US presidential hopeful said the issue is being fuelled by online abuse.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn dismisses SNP calls for progressive alliance

  13-11-2019 19:36
  
  On visit to Scotland, Labour leader says party will not make deals if it fails to win majority. Jeremy Corbyn has challenged Nicola Sturgeon to support a minority Labour government after dismissing her calls for a progressive alliance to thwart the Tories in Westminster. Corbyn said Labour was “not doing pacts, not doing deals” if it failed to win a majority in the election, rejecting suggestions fuelled by Sturgeon that he had privately agreed to support a second independence refere
  
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• Boris Johnson Refuses To Apologise To Flood Victims But Calls For More Trees To Improve Defences

  13-11-2019 19:34
  
  The prime minister was heckled by flood victims while visiting South Yorkshire earlier in the day.
  
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• Nigel Farage: I can't vote Conservative in general election

  13-11-2019 19:32
  
  Nigel Farage visited Gator ABC boxing club in Ilford, east London, as part of his election campaign. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/GettyNigel Farage has ruled out personally voting for the Conservatives at the general election after he suggested in an interview that he would consider doing so if their manifesto was sufficient.Asked on Wednesday whether he could vote for the Tories in his own constituency on 12 December, the Brexit party leader told the Press Association: “I want to
  
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