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The Lib Dems have had an eye-catching launch to their EU elections campaign - by plastering the words "Bollocks to Brexit " across their manifesto.

The ultra-blunt slogan - a favourite of Remain campaigners outside Parliament - appears on the front of a "special edition" of the booklet for the May 23 poll.

The normal edition doesn't feature the phrase and instead says "Stop Brexit". So Vince Cable is likely to face claims this is a publicity stunt.

But ahead of tonight's launch, the Lib Dem leader said he was mounting a "high-pressure campaign" after his party gained more than 600 seats in the local elections.

He added: “ Liberal Democrats are unambiguous and honest: we want to stop Brexit."

It comes as Jeremy Corbyn today launches Labour's EU elections campaign with a vow to "unite our country" amid rows about his stance on Brexit.

And Theresa May - who's facing Tory mutiny after losing 1,300 local election seats - fears a wipeout, with party chiefs not planning either a manifesto or a launch.

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"We don’t have a hope in hell," one Tory told a newspaper while another said there would be no manifesto adding: "What would we put in it?".

Meanwhile anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller is launching an online tactical voting tool called Remain United in a bid to stop the march of Nigel Farage's Brexit Party.

Brits will elect 70 MEPs to the European Parliament on May 23 in an election that is set to cost £150million after Brexit was delayed until October 31.

Legally the elections have to take place but MEPs may only sit in the Parliament for a few months or not at all.

Despite his party's focus on Brexit, Sir Vince said the topic had become "mind-numbing" and he would rather focus on other issues.

The leader - who's set to step down this summer - told The Guardian: "The same slogans, no new arguments and very unproductive.

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"That’s why people are getting angry, they know the arguments, they’ve heard them, they aren’t going anywhere. It’s pent-up anger on both sides.”

Jeremy Corbyn will claim that Labour can "unite our country" and heal the divisions caused by Brexit as he launches his campaign for the European elections.

After a bitter internal row within Labour over whether to support a second referendum, Mr Corbyn will say that the party backs "the option of a public vote" if a "sensible" Brexit deal cannot be agreed and there is not a general election.

He will promise to address the "inequalities that helped fuel" the 2016 Brexit vote, insisting that the "real divide in our country" is not over Europe.

The May 23 election will take place because of Parliament's deadlock over a Brexit deal and the failure of Labour-Tory talks.

Mr Corbyn will pin the blame on Theresa May's Government's "complete failure on Brexit".

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His attack comes after the Government and Labour agreed on Wednesday to resume their cross-party talks next week which are aimed at finding a compromise deal that can command a Commons majority.

Downing Street said it followed a second day of "extended" discussions in Whitehall which "demonstrates the seriousness with which both sides are approaching these talks".

A No 10 spokesman said there would be more meetings of the working groups looking at specific issues as well as further exchanges of documents in an effort to "nail down the details of what has been discussed".

A Labour Party spokesman said the negotiating teams were working to establish the "scope for agreement" and would meet again at the beginning of next week.

Meanwhile, Mrs May has rebuffed demands to set out a timetable for her departure from No 10 amid growing pressure from Tory MPs to make way for a new leader.

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The Tories are thought to be doing the bare minimum in the campaign for the EU elections on May 23.

Despite fears they'll be wiped out by Nigel Farage's Brexit Party, a senior No10 source refused to say if the Tories will bother producing a manifesto or even hold a launch event.

Instead the source told journalists: "We're already up and running.

"We announced a full slate of candidates and sent out an election address last week."

The source said they were "certain" the PM will be involved in campaigning but refused to say what she will do or when.

The No10 source added: "Our message is there's only one party that can deliver Brexit."

Journalists replied: "Which party?"