UK by-election a battle for survival in Brexit bastion
By AFP
21 February 2017 |
4:27 am
Thursday's knife-edge by-election in the biggest Brexit-backing city is make-or-break for UKIP and Labour, with both parties struggling to find their role as Britain quits the European Union.
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