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Tim Farron tries not to get egg on his face as he makes breakfast for voters in attempt to revive flagging election campaign

Lib Dem leader was visiting a café in Edinburgh this morning where he said PM must back up her ‘enough is enough’ words on terrorism with action

TIM Farron was trying to not end up with egg on his face as he was pictured making breakfast for voters this morning.

The Lib Dem leader donned an apron and was seen making sandwiches in a café in Edinburgh as he tries to revive his flagging campaign.

 Tim Farron was trying not to end up with egg on his face
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Tim Farron was trying not to end up with egg on his faceCredit: PA
 He was seen frying eggs in a cafe in Edinburgh
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He was seen frying eggs in a cafe in EdinburghCredit: PA
 The Lib Dem leader is trying to revive his flagging election campaign
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The Lib Dem leader is trying to revive his flagging election campaignCredit: PA

As the polls have seen the Tory lead stretch to more than 20 points and then fall as low as just one point, his party’s figures have remained largely static.

The pro-Remain party’s much vaunted “Lib Dem fightback” has failed to materialise and predictions they would win back dozens of seats have been scaled back.

Mr Farron is on a trip to Scotland, a region where they hope to make gains, and used a campaign event to say the Prime Minister must back up her "enough is enough" words on terrorism with action.

 He is campaigning in Scotland today where his party hopes to win seats
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He is campaigning in Scotland today where his party hopes to win seatsCredit: PA
 He used the event to say the PM needs to act on her 'enough is enough' comments
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He used the event to say the PM needs to act on her 'enough is enough' commentsCredit: PA
 Mr Farron said 'the time is done with talking; we need to invest in our police and our security services'
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Mr Farron said 'the time is done with talking; we need to invest in our police and our security services'Credit: PA

He said: "Theresa May said enough is enough, but enough was enough the first time around.

“And, if that is the case, and it surely is, then the time is done with talking; we need to invest in our police and our security services."

Mr Farron accused the Government of "easy, knee-jerk reactions" rather than doing the things that would really make a difference, like putting more funding into counter-terrorism.

And he issued a challenge to Mrs May to publish a report thought to focus on alleged Saudi funding of extremist groups in the UK.

 He accused the Government of 'easy, knee-jerk reactions'
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He accused the Government of 'easy, knee-jerk reactions'Credit: PA
 But it comes just days after he was savaged on his own record on security and terror policy
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But it comes just days after he was savaged on his own record on security and terror policyCredit: PA

Mr Farron said the PM must be ready to have "difficult and embarrassing conversations" with the Gulf kingdom, to which the UK recently approved arms export licences worth £3.5billion.

But he himself was savaged on his terror record in an interview with the BBC before the London Bridge attack.

Presenter Andrew Neil put the Lib Dem boss on the spot over his support for repealing measures such as a crackdown on encryption.

Mr Farron pledged to spend £300million more on the police, suggesting the security services "have the powers that they need, but what they need are the resources to make use of them".

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