Fierce Ferrari
Starmer faced a rare Q&A with
voters on Nick Ferrari’s LBC radio show, getting a grilling on Gaza,
council tax and Corbyn among other things. Phone-ins can be perilous
during an election campaign, but it seems Starmer came out relatively
unscathed. We will have to see if the same can be said for Sunak, who
is up this morning at 9am.
A Murrayfield manifesto
Up in Edinburgh, Scottish
Labour leader Anas Sarwar launched his party’s manifesto in the
Murrayfield rugby stadium, also fielding tricky questions on the wider
party’s big policy plays. Like Starmer’s Manifesto, Scottish Labour’s
plans prioritised economic stability and growing the economy.
Hunted down
Jeremy Hunt faced a barrage of criticism, after two recordings were
leaked in which he argued that Liz Truss’ economic ambitions were a
“good thing to aim for” and that her disastrous mini-budget hadn’t
left an impact on the economy. His comments are unlikely to have
pleased the many millions who have had their mortgages more than
tripled as a result of Truss’ actions. Labour’s Darren Jones was quick
to point out that far from turning the page on the Truss episode, this
is the latest indication that the current Government under Sunak is
just a dangerous continuation.
Defensive in Devon
In a sure sign of how defensive the Tory campaign has become, Sunak
spent the morning meeting fishermen in West Devon; a constituency
where the Conservative candidate Geoffrey Cox has a majority of
25,000. Yikes. In the afternoon, he ventured to North Devon where he
and David Cameron attempted
to feed sheep at a farm, only for them all to run away.
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