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UK: General Election Midday Update

- Parliament officially dissolved as of 00:01GMT this morning. Following visit

to the Queen to mark start of election, PM Johnson to deliver speech outside 10

Downing St. Follows newspaper column from PM comparing Corbyn to Stalin.

- Conservative campaign kicks off, but has lost first-mover advantage. Yesterday

only stories from Conservatives have surrounded a misleadingly edited video of

Lab Brexit Sec Keir Starmer and controversial comments from MPs Jacob Rees-Mogg

and Andrew Bridgen regarding Grenfell Tower disaster. 

- Corbyn promises "real change" for UK in Telford (Con, Leave) speech, while Lib

Dems promise GBP2.2bn/year for mental health in Golders Green (Con, Remain). 

- Green Party launch, say this is not the Brexit election, but the climate

election. Say they seek to more than double their seat total from the current 1.

- Last 24 hrs Opinion Polling:

-- YouGov Wales: 'Who would make best PM?' Johnson 41%, Corbyn 26%

- Latest Betting Probabilities (Betfair), %: No Overall Majority 51.7, Con Maj

42.9, Lab Maj 5.2. Yesterday: NOM 49.9, Con 43.5, Lab 5.8