UK Prime Minister Theresa May has accused European politicians of making “threats” against Britain to try to influence the general election result.
Parliament was dissolved at midnight, and the Prime Minister launched a stinging attack on the “bureaucrats of Brussels” in a speech outside 10 Downing Street after visiting the Queen at Buckingham Palace as the general election formally got under way.
She said some in Brussels wanted Brexit talks to fail and that the European press had “misrepresented” the UK’s negotiating stance.
She said events of the past few days had shown “just how tough” Brexit talks are likely to be.
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