The Liberal Democrat “Remain alliance” candidate Jane Dodds has won the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, reducing the Conservative working majority to just one.
Pro-EU parties have won more votes in the European Parliament elections, but the split vote between has resulted in Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party taking the most seats.
Facebook has been forced to remove dozens of far right disinformation pages in recent weeks, after research by Avaaz showed the scale of the issue poisoning discussion on the platform.
The “milkshaking” of Nigel Farage on Monday was the latest in a series of milk-based protests against far right political figures in the UK, with “lactose the intolerant” the latest evolution of a long-standing British slapstick tradition of throwing eggs and custard pies at politicians.
Turnout on May 23 could prove revealing when it comes to public opinion about Brexit.