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UK: General Election Midday Update: 
- Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage announces that the Brexit Party will not run
in 317 seats won by Conservatives in last election. Major boost to Conservatives
prospect of winning a majority. Focus on Labour seats and other
Remain-supporting parties. 
- Shadow foreign sec Emily Thornberry states in morning interviews that Labour
would implement a "managed migration" system from EU after Brexit.
- Lab leader Corbyn faces calls to clarify whether he would use nuclear weapons
after Thornberry refused to answer question this morning. 
- Weekend Opinion Polling:
-- Opinium: CON: 41% (-1) LAB: 29% (+3) LDEM: 15% (-1) BREX: 6% (-3)
-- Deltapoll: CON: 41% (+1) LAB: 29% (+1) LDEM: 16% (+2) BREX: 6% (-5)
-- Yougov: CON: 39% (+3) LAB: 26% (+1) LDEM: 17% (-) BREX: 10% (-1)
- Latest Betting Probabilities (Betfair): Con Maj 56.5%, No Overall Majority
40.3%, Lab Maj 3.0%. Friday: NOM 50.1%, Con 45.7%, Lab 4.1%

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