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The United Kingdom votes today in what are already considered the most important elections for a whole generation of Britons, since it will be the results that are registered today that decide whether or not the country finally leaves the European Union, how it does it and what conditions will be related to the continent in the future.
Labor aims to end nine years of reign of the conservatives, led by a Boris Johnson who has seen how his advantage with Jeremy Corbyn has been narrowing with each new success of the campaign.
From the early hours of the morning, the feeling that today was a special election was felt in the streets. Images of long lines of people waiting to vote flooded social networks, although, yes, people did not miss the opportunity to complain about the cold and rain that marked the first election day in December for almost a century.
On the Internet, funny voter selfies with nose clips in protest of the political situation continued to circulate, while others boasted of being able to avoid the giant puddles formed by the heavy rains of today. Among the rarest places where the British could go to leave their ballots, a cafeteria, a pub and even a laundry took the palm.
Boris Jonhson's dog, with VIP treatment
The first candidate to register his vote was Boris Johnson , around 8:30 in the morning, local time, at the Methodist Central Hall , an activity space near Downing Street from where he was accompanied by his dog Dilyn , which He did not hesitate to kiss as soon as he was aware that the cameras were prepared and ready to capture the tender moment.
Of course, the pets of a good part of the rest of the voters of the country could not enter to see how their masters exercised their right and had to wait outside in not exactly favorable weather conditions, which ended up becoming a trending topic on Twitter.
The first and favorite favorite in the polls broke with tradition by not voting for himself or in his own constituency, where there is a risk that his seat will be taken away, and he decided to do so in the City of London and Westminster , where conservatives defend a narrow majority of just 3,148 votes. There they must also face a great name like Chuka Ummuna , the former Labor who led People's Vote and Change UK and who has recently joined the Liberal Democrats after the failure of both platforms.
Elmo chases Jeremy Corbyn
But undoubtedly, the image of the day among the great leaders was left by Jeremy Corbyn , who voted in North London accompanied by his wife, the Mexican Laura Álvarez , and who tried to address a demonstrator disguised as Elmo , the character of Barrio Sesame
The Labor leader, who came surrounded by a group of voters from his party, had to intervene in the dispute between women and the police and security of the electoral college. "Hi guys, would it be possible to stop arguing please?" Intervened conciliator.
For her part, Jo Swinson , the leader of the Liberal Democrats, also chose to vote around 10 am accompanied by her husband, Duncan Hames , in her constituency in Glasgow , Scotland . In spite of the force with which its formation arrived at the beginning of the campaign, the European party seems not to have managed to capitalize on the vote of permanence and great changes in its parliamentary representation are not expected.
In the north of the United Kingdom, Nicola Sturgeon , the main minister of Scotland, voted with her partner in an election that can relaunch her independence challenge. Whatever the result of these elections and the future of Brexit, the Scottish independentists have already assured that they will ask for a new consultation for the changing future of the United Kingdom and its impact on the country, with a clearly European trend.
Police also reported around noon that during the night they had to detonate in a controlled manner a suspicious device located near a Scottish polling station, so a large number of voters had to exercise their right in a nearby school.
"Good luck" from Russia, Mr. Johnson
Although from Russia they have tried to refrain from commenting publicly on the British elections following accusations of interference in the past, the leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky , has wished to wish the conservative candidate good luck.
"Mr. Prime Minister Boris Johnson , I and the LDPR as a whole want to wish you a heartfelt victory in today's elections. With the support of the people, you will soon get the United Kingdom out of the European Union!"
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