The first week of the election campaign in five minutes | LBC explained
Natasha Clark takes you through an eventful first full week of the election campaign.
Sir Keir Starmer started things off carefully before seemingly throwing caution to the wind and overseeing the deselection of several left-wing Labour members.
Rishi Sunak memorably began the campaign drenched in rain. After getting dried off, he made a series of policy announcements aimed at winning over older voters. But will this come at the expense of younger votes?
In true Lib Dem style, Sir Ed Davey embarked on a series of eye-catching photo opportunities – from paddleboarding to baking. And Richard Tice and Reform UK did their best to position it all as an ‘immigration election.’
00:22 The Diane Abbott saga rumbles on
01:32 Rishi Sunak proposes National Service for 18-year-olds.
04:40 Lib Dems make a splash with unconventional campaign
05:09 Reform UK claim the election will be ‘all about immigration.’
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