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Theresa May left a message on a constituent’s Ring doorbell camera while out canvassing for Perth and Kinross-shire Conservative candidate Luke Graham on Saturday, 29 June.The former prime minister introduced herself before informing the homeowner she was putting a leaflet through their door as they were not in.Ms May’s campaigning was praised online, with Labour councillor Adam Aston declaring the gesture “a lovely little message.”It’s not the first time a former Tory leader has been recorded on a doorbell camera – David Cameron left a video message for a household in Hampshire earlier in June. More

It would be cheaper to put asylum seekers up in the Ritz hotel in Paris than the government’s Rwanda scheme, Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth has claimed.Speaking to Sky News on Monday, 1 July, the shadow paymaster general criticised the cost of Conservatives’ plans to send asylum seekers to the African country.The government says it has so far given Rwanda £240m and the full cost “will be clear over time.”Labour has said will immediately scrap the scheme and divert £75m from it to a new Border and Security Command.Rooms at the Ritz in Paris range from €1,800 (£1,530) to €40,000 (£33,996) a night. More

Sir Ed Davey shouted “vote Liberal Democrat” as he took part in a bungee jump on Monday, 1 July, in the last week of general election campaigning.The party leader has been involved in a variety of stunts over the last few weeks, including activities such as paddleboarding, riding a waterslide, and undergoing a makeover live on This Morning.Sir Ed declared “Do something you’ve never done before – vote Liberal Democrat” as he was launched from a crane in Eastbourne. More

James Cleverly criticised Banksy’s small boat released into the crowd at Glastonbury, describing the piece as “a celebration of the loss of life in the channel”.A small boat filled with migrant dummies in orange life jackets was hoisted into the crowd during Idles’ performance on the Other Stage on Friday, 28 June.The artist later claimed responsibility for the work, posting footage of the performance on Instagram.Speaking to Sky News on Monday, the home secretary said: “There are a bunch of people there joking and celebrating about criminal actions which costs lives, people die… This is not funny. It is vile.” More

Nigel Farage claimed a Reform UK canvasser who called for English Channel migrants to be used as “target practice” was an actor.When challenged that “all sorts of people are actors”, on Sky’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme (29 June), the Reform UK leader said of the canvasser who was filmed by an undercover reporter: “He’s an actor – a rather well-spoken actor – but he has an alter ego. He does what he calls ‘rough speaking’.“I was there working in the office in Essex when he turned up and he was, from the moment he walked through the room, like a version of Alf Garnett (a character from the 1960s sitcom Till Death Us Do Part who used racist slurs).” More

Rishi Sunak was involved in a fiery clash with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg over Brexit on Sunday (30 June) as the prime minister told her “You’re completely wrong”.Mr Sunak was pressed about claims that the UK’s departure from the EU has hit the economy since the 2016 referendum.Ms Kuenssberg asked: “Some people believe, including the Independent Climate Change Committee, that the UK has lost its status as a leader. Was it a mistake?”Mr Sunak replied: “No, I fundamentally disagree. You said we lost our standing in the world. That is completely and utterly wrong.”“That is not what I said,” Ms Kuenssberg interrupted. More

This is the moment political activists disrupted Nigel Farage’s Reform election speech as they lowered a banner showing Vladimir Putin and the words ‘I heart Nigel’.Mr Farage was giving a speech at The Columbine Centre in Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex on Saturday (29 June), when Led by Donkeys carried out the prank.The Reform leader can be heard asking “Who put that up there?” before joking: “Someone at The Columbine Centre needs to get the sack”. Two staff members attempted to get rid of the banner, while audience members cheered and chanted “Rip it down”. More

Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips spoke of the need to protect his children from racism as he issued a defiant message in the Reform racism row.In a week that saw one campaigner refer to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as a “f****** p***” and another claim migrants arriving by small boats should be “target practice”, Nigel Farage’s party has come under fire.Presenting his politics show on Sunday (30 June), Mr Phillips said: “In our family, we protect our children, not by hiding them from the reality of the world but preparing them for a world in which such words are still regrettably commonplace.“They understand from the get-go that the person with the problem is not them, but the racist. All that said, out of courtesy to some colleagues who feel differently and who may be distressed by the use of such words, we’ll do our best to avoid them today.” More