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...The Luxembourg prime minister did not hold back. The leave campaign had been built on lies, he said. Johnson’s oft-repeated claims of progress in the talks were baseless. London had come up with nothing to replace the backstop. the UK was to blame for the impasse. “I just want to repeat and remind that Theresa May accepted the withdrawal agreement,” he said. Britain’s “homemade” problems were causing “general problems” for the whole of the EU. This was barely concealed anger at the disingenuous game being played by the British government. ..There are grave doubts, after his suspension of parliament and...

William Hill claims 65 per cent of all the bets it has taken on the race have been for the Donald to win, despite him being the overwhelming underdog. The bookmaker said a similar pattern was at play in the lead up to Britain's Brexit vote, which was shockingly won by the 'Leave' side. 'It was the case that consistently throughout the EU Referendum campaign, some two thirds of the money gambled was for "Remain", but in terms of individual bets, it was around two thirds for "Leave",' spokesman Graham Sharpe said. 'The stats currently show 71 per cent of...