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Labour leader Keir Starmer gives a speech during a visit to Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, England, while on the election campaign trail on Monday. Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Reuters hide caption

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In this drone view, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants makes its way across the English Channel to Britain, on May 4. Chris J. Ratcliffe/Reuters hide caption

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Immigration is a big issue ahead of the U.K. elections, too

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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with U.S. President Joe Biden at 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, July 10, 2023. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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Could the U.K. election mean an off-ramp from personality politics?

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gets off his election campaign bus — emblazoned with the slogan "Get Brexit Done" — to visit Washington, England, on Monday. Britain goes to the polls on Thursday. Ben Stansall/AP hide caption

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Nigel Farage (left, with megaphone), leader of the new Brexit Party, which went into Thursday's European elections ahead in the opinion polls, addresses crowds in Clacton-on-Sea, England, last month. Farage routinely excoriates the European Union in his stump speeches. Frank Langfitt/NPR hide caption

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U.K. Votes For European Parliament, Even As Many Long For The Day Outside The EU

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A woman sits outside the Anglesea Arms pub, set up as a polling station during Britain's general election, in London on Thursday. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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U.K. Election: Exit Polls Show Theresa May's Conservative Party Losing Majority

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