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Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses a rally in Bristol, kicking off the final campaign tour before polling day. SOUNDBITE
Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn votes in a general election that has been darkened by two jihadist attacks, leaving forecasters struggling on the eve of voting to predict an outcome. IMAGES of Jeremy Corbyn arriving to vote.
The first voters head to the polls in London's Bermondsey district as the UK's general election begins. The vote is widely expected to see the return of the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule. IMAGES
Labour leader Keir Starmer launches his party's manifesto at an event in Manchester, calling it "a manifesto for wealth creation, a plan to change Britain". Early on in his speech a protester interrupts, saying the party was offering "the same old Tory policies". Starmer replies: "We gave up on being a party of protest five years ago. We want to be a party of power". SOUNDBITE
In his first speech of the year, UK opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer says an election is "one thing that we can be sure is coming", adding that he is "ready for it" as the Labour leader outlines his party's election year pitch. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to call a general election at some point in 2024, but exactly when is becoming a source of increasingly fevered speculation among political observers. SOUNDBITE
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