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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Election diary: the manifestos drop and Rish! reveals a childhood without Sky TV

Rishi Sunak standing at a lectern in front of a screen that reads: ‘CLEAR PLAN BOLD ACTION SECURE FUTURE’
The Tories chose to launch their manifesto at Silverstone but no one got anywhere near a car. Photograph: Victoria Jones/Rex/Shutterstock

The pace picked up in week three with most of the main parties launching their election manifestos. First up on Monday were the Lib Dems, as Ed Davey took time off from his theme park adventures for the morning to take centre stage in a rather glitzy office space in north London.

Next up were the Tories who, for reasons best known to themselves, had decamped to an anonymous hall in the middle of Silverstone. No one even got near a car. Cue endless gags about driving round and round in circles, going nowhere. The cabinet looked less than thrilled to have been dragged away from trying to defend their seats for the day to act as a support act for a prime minister in whom they have lost confidence.

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