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A politics expert has stuck to his word after eating his book on Brexit live on Sky News following the shock election result .

Professor Matthew Goodwin, a politics and international relations scholar at the University of Kent, previously claimed he would eat his own book if Labour won more seats in the General Election.

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The academic even took to Twitter to publicly - and confidently - announce his predicition.

On May 27, he tweeted: "I'm saying this out loud. I do not believe that Labour, under Jeremy Corbyn, will poll 38%. I will happily eat my new Brexit book if they do".

Jeremy Corbyn exceeded expectations in Thursday's election after winning 40.3 per cent of the vote, leaving Goodwin no other choice than to follow through with his promise.

Goodwin, who co-wrote 'Brexit: Why Britain voted to leave the European Union', tweeted on Saturday to tell his followers: "OK. You win. I will be eating my book on Sky News at 4.30pm."

After stuffing his face with pages of his book during a live appearance at Westminster, he later tweeted: "Don't ever say I am not a man of my word."

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