UK pro-remain parties form electoral pact

The three anti-Brexit parties standing in Britain's upcoming general election have formed an electoral pact, agreeing not to run against each other in 60 seats across England and Wales.

The Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru (Party of Wales) and the Green Party - all of whom favor the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union - want to give British voters another chance to choose whether to remain or leave the EU in a second national referendum.

The three-party pact means that, in Wales, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens will agree not to field candidates, boosting Plaid Cymru's chances of picking up the so-called remain vote in the Dec 12 election. In England, the pact is simply a two-way agreement between the Liberal Democrats and the Greens.