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Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray is a familiar face outside Parliament. For some MPs, perhaps too familiar.

Shouts of "Stop Brexit " and "Revoke Article 50 " have been heard through his megaphone for the last two years.

He's harangued high-ranking politicians, photobombed press calls and hijacked their TV interviews since September 2017.

Steve, from Port Talbot, stood as the Lib Dem candidate in Cynon Valley on Thursday but lost with 949 votes - and was later told to "put a sock in it" by Boris Johnson .

The Prime Minister said: "And I say respectfully, I say respectfully to our stentorian friend in the blue 12 star hat, 'That's it, time to put a sock in the megaphone and give everybody some peace'."

So what are Steve's plans now the General Election-winning Conservatives embark on their promise to get Brexit done?

WalesOnline spoke to him - and despite big groups like the People's Vote throwing in the towel over a second referendum, he isn't giving up hope of staying in the EU just yet.

(Image: Leon Neal)

He said: "We still haven't left the European Union. There is still fight left within the remain movement."

The ardent and persistent campaigner said he doesn't believe it's possible to simply "get Brexit done" and that there would be a lot of work needed to get there.

And despite his disappointment at the result, he is determined to keep campaigning for Britain to stay in the EU, even if he thinks there needs to be a change of tactic.

"I'm going to be at Parliament this week because then they are going into Christmas recess," he said.

"There are hundreds and hundreds of remain groups in Britain, now we all need to come together under one umbrella and fight to stay."

He added: "Freedom of movement is so important, and with a Conservative government that's all going to be lost - and for what?

"Our leave campaign will have to change into one that will get us back into the EU."

After standing as Cynon Valley's Lib Dem candidate, Steve travelled back to London, where he had for months based himself at a house a stone's throw from Westminster thanks to the SODEM campaign.

On Thursday he voted at the same polling station as Boris Johnson - but didn't bump into the Tory leader.

He said: "It's a very dark day for Britain. To get the this state in the 21st century is beyond belief.

"If we do leave the EU, I'm going to campaign to get us back in.

"To everybody who is feeling down and disbanded at the moment, try to look at the positives and campaign to remain."