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  1. Blackleaf

    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Blyth and Sunderland in the north east of England are competing to be the first to announce their results. Sunderland has been the first in recent elections.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Exit poll - Massive Labour landslide Labour to win 410 seats (out of 650), a majority of 170 It would be the biggest gain in seats since 1945 Tories to be decimated to just 131 seats, their lowest since 1832 Tories may suffer the biggest collapse of any party in history Reform UK predicted...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Ten minutes to go until the polling stations close at 10pm and BBC One, BBC News 24, ITV1, Channel 4 and Sky News release the highly accurate exit poll. It's going to be a dramatic night in British politics.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty arrive at their local polling station to vote. I bet they didn't vote Labour.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Reform UK leader Nigel Farage looks set to become an MP for the first time after years of being an MEP. He is running in the Essex seaside constituency of Clacton. Yesterday young people in the town spoke of their support for Reform UK. It is the Reform youth who will sweep Farage to power in...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    BBC Question Time audience member tried to embarrass Reform UK leader Farage during the election campaign but it failed miserably...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    That would be nice. I've already voted for Reform UK's Trevor Jones here in the Bolton North East constituency but I think Labour's Kirith Entwistle will win. Where I live was for years part of Bolton South East constituency (we had Labour's Yasmin Qureshi as our MP) but for this election...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Labour will do sod all. There's almost no difference between them and the so-called Tories nowadays. Labour aren't about to win the biggest landslide since 1832 because they are so popular. They're about to do it just because the Tory Government is so unpopular.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Reform UK leader Nigel Farage stops for a pint with GB News's Christopher Hope and says that his party will get 6 million votes. It's predicted that Nigel Farage will become an MP for the first time. It will be interesting seeing him take on Starmer in the Commons during the weekly PMQs...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Born in 1962, the son of a nurse and a toolmaker, Keir Starmer - the Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras - is set to be appointed as Prime Minister by the King on Friday. But who is he? Here The New Statesman's Andrew Marr tell us the life of Sir Keir Starmer...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Sir Keir Starmer: "We have no intention to return to the EU, Single Market or customs union"
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who is set to become Prime Minister by winning the biggest landslide in nearly 200 years, made his final pitch to the nation while campaigning in South Wales on Wednesday with Welsh First Minister Vaughan Gething
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    They're actually very accurate these sorts of polls. Just moments after the polling stations close at 10pm Sky News and BBC News and ITV News will reveal to the nation the results of their exit polls, which are always bang on.
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    Breaking News: Keir Starmer's Labour Party set to win the biggest General Election landslide since 1832 Disaster for Sunak and the Tories as Starmer prepares to be PM Labour set to win 432 seats Up to 42 million Brits eligible to vote with polling stations set to open in five hours' time at 7am
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    Euro 2024

    Last 16 France 1-0 Belgium Last 16 Portugal 0-0 Slovenia (after extra time) Portugal win 3-0 on penalties Last 16 Romania 0-3 Netherlands Banks replica Last 16 Austria 1-2 Turkey Turkey goalkeeper Mert Gunok pulled off a remarkable save reminiscent of that made by Gordon...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Northern Boys - "Robot Man" (2024) The geriatric Liverpool hip hoppers - two of whom are former teachers - are back. Don't listen if you are an easily offended snowflake as this is not the type of stuff for you.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Nottheenb
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    Euro 2024

    Of course he's English English. He's not a Paki or a Romanian or some other humanoid maggot. He's English.
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    Euro 2024

    Well he was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire. You can't get more English than that.