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Nigel Farage reaction as Conservatives set for majority – BBC News
Leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage’s reaction to the exit poll.
The Brexit Party is not expected to win any seats tonight but party leader Nigel Farage tells the BBC’s Andrew Neil: “If we get Brexit, we’ve done a good job.”
However, he adds that if Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal passes unamended “I can’t bring myself to support it.”
He thinks it’ll result in a closer relationship with the EU going forward than he’d like.
“My purpose was to try to get right kind of Brexit – if we get half a loaf out of it – that is what we achieved,” he says.
Asked if he will now step down from politics, he says: “Let’s see where we are in six months – I may have to throw my hat back into the ring.”
On his own vote, he says he couldn’t bring himself to support the Conservatives so he spoiled his ballot paper.
“How I voted under this system is pretty irrelevant,” he adds attacking first-past-the-post.
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The Conservatives are set to win an overall majority of 86 in the general election, according to an exit poll for the BBC, ITV and Sky News.
The survey taken at UK polling stations suggests the Tories will get 368 MPs – 50 more than at the 2017 election – when all the results have been counted.
Labour would get 191, the Lib Dems 13, the Brexit Party none and the SNP 55.
The Green Party will still have one MP and Plaid Cymru will lose one seat for a total of three, the survey suggests.
The first general election results are due before midnight, with the final total expected to be known by Friday lunchtime.
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Heat warnings are in place across Europe, as the continent faces record temperatures.
Half of France is under a red alert and recorded its hottest night since records began on Tuesday.
The Eiffel Tower said it was closing early on Tuesday because of the high temperatures forecast in the capital.
The UK’s infrastructure has also felt the strain from the heat, with more than 300 schools being partially closed this week, and Britain’s biggest train company, Govia Thameslink, warned passengers not to travel on Wednesday unless it’s absolutely necessary, because of speed restrictions for safety.
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On Monday morning, Keir Starmer announced he is stepping down as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party.
In his resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street, he said: “The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election.
“I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question. And I accept that answer with good grace.”
BBC Politics Correspondent Henry Zeffman has been following the story, and was outside No 10 as the historic moment unfolded.
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The Met Office has issued a rare red warning for extreme heat, covering parts of England and Wales. Watch scenes across the UK as weather warnings for extreme heat takes effect, with forecasts suggesting temperatures could reach 38C (100F) in parts of England this week.
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Ukrainian drone attacks cast a dark cloud over Vladimir Putin’s annual international economic forum in St Petersburg earlier in June.
The event, once seen as Russia’s answer to the World Economic Forum in Davos, traditionally brings together foreign investors and members of Russia’s political and business elites.
This year only a handful of Western representatives were in attendance, including controversial figures such as right-wing influencer Candace Owens.
The BBC’s Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg, reports from inside the forum as the effects of Ukraine’s drone attacks and Russia’s strained war economy are already being felt.
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How Peter Murrell, the husband of Scotland’s longest-serving first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, embezzled £400,000 from the party he ran – using a paper trail of lies to cover up a spending spree on luxury goods, from a motor home to coffee machines and even toilet seats.
Peter Murrell was one of the most powerful figures in Scottish politics, operating away from the spotlight as chief executive of Scotland’s ruling party.
But behind the scenes, police pieced together a scandal – which ended in a dawn raid – involving hundreds of thousands of pounds in missing money.
He pleaded guilty, while his estranged wife, the party’s former leader, denied all knowledge.
From the corridors of Holyrood to the highest ranks of the SNP, loyalties fractured as Mr Murrell’s reputation collapsed.
With insider testimony, analysis and extraordinary revelations from the case, this is a story of power, money and betrayal at the heart of modern Scottish politics.
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