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, ., silverstone.otel right by the finishing line, you cross this bridge over the track and then you are in the conference centre right by the track—side and after the speech by the prime minister, we were having a briefing about how you're going to pay for this and there was that £12 billion in welfare cuts. a cargo is by! and then there is another 6 billion in tax cuts. cargoes by! it was a racing car and it was brad pitt, he was filming there. did racing car and it was brad pitt, he was filming there.— racing car and it was brad pitt, he was filming there. did they not know there was a — was filming there. did they not know there was a movie _ was filming there. did they not know there was a movie being _ was filming there. did they not know there was a movie being shot? - was filming there. did they not know there was a movie being shot? a - there was a movie being shot? movie being shot there, brad pitt actually on the racecourse but we couldn't see him because he was moving quite fast but before

well, the scene was at the silverstone racetrack, which i have never been to before.ou have these sort of incredibly smart buildings on either side of the racetrack. one is a hotel, the other one is like a conference centre. we had to walk across this bridge over the racetrack, which was like very exciting because i'd never done that. especially because brad pitt was filming a formula one film there. and brad pitt was filming, and every so often you'd sort of be sitting there, and particularly whilst we had a briefing afterwards and you hear... he make whizzy noises. cars obviously moving very, very quickly for the brad pitt film. nick, i'm afraid you're not going to be overtaken by chris mason, who's still there. hello, chris. who's moving fast. yes, hello. no, i am moving fast. we're in the slow lane, actually. of the, what is this road we're on? we're on the a43. we're just left silverstone. i did like nicky or- your motor racing car kind of noise there. nick whizzes. chris whizzes. that was it was really good. it's unbelievably loud, isn't it? it is very loud. it

he goes to silverstone, a rain. he goes to silverstone, a rain.verstone, a great backdrop. we can only film at the beginning of the day off 9 am. we couldn't film the wonderful all the cars going round. >> i mean, this is the trouble. i thought the metaphor was unfortunate. it, you know. is he a formula 1 pm. or was this a kind of chitty chitty bang bang manifesto? that's. >> well, they need to be formula one. and it has been so far. chitty chitty bang bang, the reason why we heard so much of it is they have been trying to struggling to get the polls off the starting grid since they started, and there have been announcing puns. can you get and they are have been in reverse gear for so long they couldn't barely find second gear. and they and they have announced lots of this manifesto already because they have to try and get the car moving and it's still stalling. >> and do you think the wheels may have come off and they may have reached the end of the road? chris. they're wobbly. this is the trouble. and also, what did you make of his demeanour? it

henry zeffman at silverstone.cing, we've been looking at the town of telford. today, we're focusing on social care, as demand for support has soared in recent years, particularly from people under the age of 65. here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. club 17 is a group for people with disabilities and support needs to meet and mingle. or maybe something more. you'vejust got engaged! yes, i have. so when are you going to get married? er, i don't know yet. how did you propose to her? i got down on one knee. did you? yeah. fantastic. and she said yes. yeah, she did. the room is full of the hopes and fears of any young people — though, in their cases, the struggles can be greater. well, i had to leave the town that i was born and grew up in because there was no supported accommodation provision. abby has a condition that causes herjoints to dislocate, leaving her in pain. after a battle, she now has the care she needs. i spent two years in emergency accommodation, in a shared homeless shelter, becau

as they do here at silverstone.filming just outside with a brilliant british crew, one of the many uk based productions taking place thanks to our support and tax cuts for the creative sector. so from the northern studios in hartlepool to pinewood to the coming crown studios in sunderland, britain is truly now the creative capital of europe, so that . so that. so just thinking about that, the fact that we can lead the world in such competitive fields should make us all enormously proud of our country , but proud of our country, but crucially optimistic about our future , because we brits can future, because we brits can outcompete the best in the . outcompete the best in the. world. and what we conservatives want is more british success stories. and that's what our manifesto will deliver . now. the manifesto will deliver. now. the last few years have been some of the toughest. our country has faced in decades. we were hit by covid, and then the spike in energy prices following putin's invasion of ukraine. but econom

it was all a bit flat, but i think that silverstone, on reflection , was silverstone, on reflection,the wrong metaphor. they were at the wrong metaphor. they were at the co—operative headquarters in manchester. what was the general vibe like? chris yeah, it was a cavernous office block with an atrium and many floors going upwards. >> so with draped with labour and the word change, of course, the party isn't offering much change. more of the same, but not the chaos of the tory government in recent years . government in recent years. that's the point. and they had some very interesting, i think, interventions from a guy who's got cancer, who may not live to see the end of this labour government, he said. and also from other people who want to see a labour government. i think they got the tone exactly right. it wasn't too, too celebratory . it wasn't too, too celebratory. it wasn't too, too celebratory. it wasn't too, too celebratory. it was professional. it was different and it was upbeat. and i didn't get that in silverstone . i'm just while i'm here though. camilla, can i show you ar

chris mason, bbc news, silverstone. they are trying to convince voters that it will now be reversed. but what is the detail and how will they pay for it? here's our economics editor, faisal islam. (pres) (throw t0 corr at catwalk) the manifesto is a £20 billion a year change to tax and spending designed to communicate one thing, there can —— the conservatives want voters to trust them that taxes can be lowered after an increase in tax and the size of government since the pandemic. let's take a look at how they say this adds up. that further 2% cut to national insurance, essentially is a tax on work, 1% next april and another 1% in 2027, adding up to a £10 billion giveaway. this monitorfor the adding up to a £10 billion giveaway. this monitor for the abolition of self—employed national insurance and the same again for some state pension tax bills. over here is the funding for those. two crackdowns essentially on tax avoidance and welfare, saving a total of £18 billion a year. let us take that £12 billion a year. let us t

formula one isn't the only t silverstone.s nice it would be for brad pitt top at our manifesto launch he is currently filming just outside with a brilliant british crew, one of the many uk-based productions taking place thanks to our support and tax cuts for the creative sector. so from the northerno pinewood to the coming crown studio in sunderland brita of europe. so that -- [applause] just thinking about that, the fact that we can lead the worldin such competitive field should make all enormously proud of our country but cruciallye. because we can outcompete the best in [applause] and what we conservatives want is more british success stories and that's what our manifesto will do. the last few years have been some of the toughest our country has faced we were hit by covid and then the spiking energy putin's invasion of ukraine. economic sreturn. inflation back to normal. real wages have been rising for almost a year now and economy growing healthily i can. so the question now is, who best to turn that foundation into a sec

rishi sunak launched his manifesto at silverstone today. will it rev up voters or will the wheels come off.7 the tories election campaign .7 and in response to the campaign? and in response to the prime minister's bumper giveaway, labour leader sir keir starmer extraordinarily branded it a jeremy corbyn style manifesto that will load everything into the wheelbarrow. well, sir keir should know he backed two of corbyn's manifestos in 2017 and 2019, and a man has been arrested after he threw lumps of rubble at nigel farage on the campaign trail in barnsley. first milkshakes and now rocks do we have a serious issue with escalating political violence from the radicalised left? and talking of which, vegan activists from animal rising have caused a major beef by vandalising the king's new portrait to highlight what they consider to be animal cruelty at rspca approved farms. and that's all coming up in your next action packed hour. what was the show? it's all kicking off on the tory manifesto trail. £17 billion of giveaways. will it be enough to ta

live from silverstone, there. joined now in the studio by the director of the studio by the director of the popular conservatives group, mark littlewood, and the former labour adviser, stella santa . labour adviser, stella santa. thank you very much indeed, mark, three words to describe that manifesto launch. oh, blimey , predictable. reasonable unexciting. >> yeah, i think that's where we go. right. well, shall we turn to stella? three words. >> sad, stale, futile . well. >> sad, stale, futile. well. >> sad, stale, futile. well. >> goodness me. okay, so shall we dive into the detail now, mark, you say predictable. >> yeah . i mean, mark, you say predictable. >> yeah. i mean, i mark, you say predictable. >> yeah . i mean, i suppose the >> yeah. i mean, i suppose the i mean, it's a bit like when you get budget speeches, isn't it? we knew most of what was going to be in this 80 page document, because it's been trailed over the past few days, but you're supposed to have the rabbit in the hat. i suppose that's really

chris mason, bbc news, silverstone.tive manifesto going down in the tory heartlands? at the last election, aldershot was comfortably held by the conservatives — but now, labour has high hopes of taking the seat, after success in the may local elections. danjohnson, has spent the day in the town. this is a military town with a conservative tradition. but all sort of things in aldershot are changing, and political loyalties are shifting, too. so much so that labour could now have a chance here in the seat that's been conservative for over 100 years. so, will tory election manifesto promises take much difference? iam interested, definitely, yes. i've reached the age i am now, 63, i've always been a socialist, i've started warming towards the tories. ijust know i'm not going to vote conservative. whatever they say in their manifesto — can i ask how and why? ijust don't think it's going very well at the moment, and i think we need a change. i'd love to get on i the property ladder. renting's not great, so having my own place

chris mason, bbc news, at silverstone.t that their sums add up, but after a significant tax raising parliament, they're now trying to convince voters that things will change. but how will they pay for any tax cuts. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has been taking a look. the manifesto is a £20 billion a year change to tax and spending designed to communicate really one thing, the conservatives want voters to trust them that taxes can now be lowered after an increase in tax and the size of government since the pandemic. let's take a look at how they say it all adds up. the big three tax cuts first. that further 2% cut to national insurance, essentially a tax on work. 1% next april, another in 2027, adding up to a £10 billion giveaway. and a smaller cut from the abolition of self—employed national insurance, and about the same again from some state pensioners�* tax bills. this is how they're funded. essentially, two crackdowns on tax avoidance and welfare saving £18 billion. let's take that £12 billion on welfare. the conse

foul to do at silverstone.s nice it would be for brad pitt t turn up at our manifesto launch, he is currently filming just outside with a brilliant british uk-based productions taking place thanks to our support and tax cuts for the creative sector. so from theern studios, to pinewood to the coming crown■ udio in sunderland britain is trying out the creative capital of [applause] fact that we can lead the world in such competitive field should make us all enormously proud of our country but crucially optimistic about our future. because we can the world. [applause] and what we conservatives want is more british success stories, and that's what our manifesto will do. th few years have been in decades.toughest our country we were hit by covid and then the spiki prices following putin's invasion of ukraine.bility has to return. inflation back to normal. real wages have been rising for almost a year now, and growing . so the question now is, who best to turn that foundation into a secure futurorou,ur fami? this man

our chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins us now from silverstone.een a bumpy ride so far. will today's launch help to put them back on track? d—day was not mentioned once at this event, i'm sure as far as the conservative campaign are concerned, thatis conservative campaign are concerned, that is progress. we will hear from all the main parties over the coming days as they launch their manifestos. today was the conservatives turn. there are all sorts of policies in this document. not a lot that will have surprised people, though. there was a new announcement that the self—employed rate of national insurance will be abolished over the next parliament if the conservatives win. but all of the other policies were generally ones we have heard over the course of this general election campaign. that's partly perhaps the result of a tactical decision to front—load the campaign with policies. that was designed to seize the momentum, get the campaign on the front foot. it didn't necessarily turn out that way. one other thing worth noting, i think there will b

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chris mason, bbc news, at silverstone.d be for urgent and emergency care, and on evenings and weekends. access to an nhs dentist, has become increasingly difficult in many areas, with tooth decay the most common reason children aged five to nine, are being admitted to hospital. also on the campaign trail, the liberal democrats are calling for a new rural gp fund, to support doctors' surgeries around the country. they say it forms part of a package of measures, worth one billion pounds, aimed at improving medical services, and giving patients a legal right to see a gp, within a week. the snp has been campaigning in aberdeenshire today. the party says any new drilling licenses for oil and gas need to meet a climate test, contribute to energy security and allow net zero goals to be met. it argues labour "doesn't believe in new licenses" and the conservatives have adopted a "climate denial position". here's the snp�*s westminster leader, stephen flynn. i don't frankly think it matters very much, because the tories are finished

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following day, on tuesday, rishi sunak geared up for his manifesto launch by taking the stage at silverstonef1 track, and we will keep cutting taxes in the coming years, meaning that by 2027 we will have halved national insurance to 6. >> that is a tax cut. my friends, worth £1,500 to the average worker. >> and on wednesday he went head to head with labour leader sir keir starmer in a battle of the interviews in front of an audience in grimsby. yougov's reaction poll resulted in a good night's work for labour leader sir keir starmer. night's work for labour leader sir keir starmer . we had a bad sir keir starmer. we had a bad taste in the mouth of the audience, laughed when he mentioned that his father was a toolmaker during one of his answers. >> so when answers. >> 50 when someone answers. >> so when someone laughed last night, my dad would have turned in his grave . in his grave. >> it was a snobbishness towards your dad. >> do you think i don't know what caused someone to laugh? no, but if you're laughing at someone because they work in a factory and that is the one thing that i think ha

chris mason, bbc news, at silverstone. up, but after a significant tax raising parliament, they're now trying to convince voters that things will change. however with finances stretched, how will they pay for any tax cuts. 0ur economics editor faisal islam explains. the manifesto is a 20 billion a year change to tax and spending designed to communicate really one thing the conservatives want voters — to trust them, that taxes can be lowered after an increase in tax and the size of government since the pandemic. let's take a look at how they say it adds up. that further 2% cut to national insurance. essentially that's a tax on work, i%. next april, another 1% in 2027, adding up to a £10 billion giveaway, then a smaller cut from the abolition of self employed national insurance. and the same again for some state pensioners tax bills and there are more smaller cuts. now over here is the funding for those two crackdowns essentially two crackdowns essentially on tax avoidance and welfare, saving a total of £18 billion a year. l

chris mason, bbc news, at silverstone. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.g illegally for russian forces in ukraine. the indian foreign ministry said it had urged the russian authorities to repatriate the bodies of the two deceased. it further added that it had strongly called for moscow to release and repatriate all indian nationals currently with the russian army. indian media say dozens of nationals have been duped by agents into fighting for russian forces with the lure of money and the promise of obtaining russian passports. 0ur south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan. explained the indian government has been concerned about the posibility of fatalities for some time. the indian authorities are worried about the reports of nearly 200 indians fighting in the ukraine war, most of them on the russian side. and what the authorities are saying is that there are agents sitting in the middle east somewhere in dubai or in some other places they recruit, these very unsuspecting indian nationals, young men looking forjobs with the promise of more than $1,

a silverstone, that's right.es launch their manifesto. that means it will have halved in a year if the tories get back into power , and tories get back into power, and they have a quick budget to enact that measure. so the hope is they can try and get their polls going forward. but the problem they've got isabel and eamonn is that so far cuts in national insurance have been two cuts so far back in november, one in february or january . one in february orjanuary. hasn't worked, hasn't worked at all. so why will a third one work? why will anyone give them credit? and how can they make the public the voters start to listen to this party when they're 20 points behind in the polls. that's the challenge for rishi sunak here in silverstone and i suppose the mea culpa last night, an attempt to get people to stop talking about the d—day disaster. >> do you think that that will draw a line under it ? draw a line under it? >> or surname? is that the french? >> what he's saying he's begging for forgiveness there from from ve

silverstone. any >> yesterday. silverstone. any signs at all this has revved up the electorate ?limpsing the sunny uplands. he wasn't showing us the ambition of what five years of sunak could give. it felt it felt a bit weary, frankly, and the offer was quite limited. what they've done, as i said yesterday, is they've tried to get these different policies out in the first three weeks nothing has worked. so in the end of the day, when we saw the manifesto, the main thing in there was a cut for self—employed on fewer than £50,000 a year. quite a limited cut. give a given the scale of the offer for the next five years, as you always say, rishi sunak as an individual, full of beans, full of vim, full of confidence , full of haribos. of confidence, full of haribos. by of confidence, full of haribos. by the way, in twixes that's what he lives on. >> not the best advert. maybe the labour party might try and get his teeth inspected . on the get his teeth inspected. on the serious point behind the scenes within the party, away from the cameras. does it feel more now, like damage limitatio

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the conservatives will launch their manifesto at silverstone racetrack.about tax during this campaign but it has mostly been the two main parties competing with each other to say which taxes they will not raise. here you have the conservatives are saying that they will cut tax, national insurance, by 2%. they have done it twice already over the course of the past year and if they did this one it would take it from 12% at the start of that bout of tax—cutting to 6% was not of course labour would say in the broader context of the tax burden being higher than ever, that really doesn't count for very much. the other thing the conservatives will have to do today, rishi sunak will try to do today, is make an argument thatis try to do today, is make an argument that is fresh and forward facing when he is seeking another term in office after 14 years of conservative government. that means 14 years of conservative record to run on on all sorts of issues such as unemployment which is what you put to mel stride a moment ago. 0k, put to mel stride a moment ago. ok, s

sunak, it took a roundabout 17 or so minutes, something like that, he obviously can't help himself, silverstoneowing the invasion of ukraine, brought in defence spending, the rise in defence spending, the rise in defence investment, 2.5% of gdp by 2030, also talking about immigration, talking about a migration cap, we have already talked about. the unaffordable yuko zealotry, moving on to energy. a lot of what he had to say was about the economy, we have been talking about that morning here but he confirmed the tory party would take another 2p off employer national insurance. embellish the main rate of seven point national insurance by the end of parliament. he also said he would raise income tax thresholds for pensioners, talking about how he would fund all of this including money from cracking down on tax avoidance, £12 billion from lower welfare payments. there we have economic plan, the plan on tax that the conservative party have very much been focusing on and i'm happy to say we can bring in our chief economics correspondent, following rishi sunak put forward, and harry farley, political

here is the manifesto launched today at civil silverstone racetrack in northamptonshire.u knew a lot about it. we've heard a lot of coverage recent weeks. a few surprises in there. national insurance for self—employed. and a few other areas. but that's about it really. largely known . not as really. largely known. not as bold as some might like it to be. certainly on the right of the party. but elsewhere in election land, we've had a poll out tonight from, from yougov showing that reform uk is now one point behind the tory party reform on 17 points, tories on 18 points, labour 38 points. so 20 points ahead of the tory party. that's that lead is in fixing cement, it seems, since rishi sunak became prime minister liberal democrats up for 15 points. this poll carried out monday tuesday after the lib dem manifesto. so we may see a bump of the tory party, from this manifesto dropping. we haven't yet seen, of course, reform uk's manifesto dropping, reform uk's manifesto dropping, reform uk's manifesto dropping, reform uk numbers, by the way, up, up reform uk numbers, by the way

. >> and you did feel optimism at labour's one and it didn't feel optimistic at all at silverstone.the attempt. they did a vague feeling of sunny uplands that wasn't there at the in silverstone. >> and now all eyes are on monday and that's the reform party pledge, manifesto, contract, launch, whatever it's going to be. and it won't be england, it won't be england. but you want to be there, i may, i may i may have a different job on monday. i can't say what it is. >> sounds exciting. thank you very much, james. chill, chris. hope kicking off the show. excellent stuff. now throughout the election campaign, we'll be heanng the election campaign, we'll be hearing from people across the united kingdom about what really matters to them. issues such as nhs waiting lists , the impacts nhs waiting lists, the impacts of immigration, the cost of living crisis and crime and policing. our reporters have been to meet voters from all four nations, and we'll be heanng four nations, and we'll be hearing from them regularly before polling day. and today, for the first time, we meet john from east yor

the wheels came off at silverstone. now this , pardon silverstone.his, pardon the pun, is the royal flush. what on earth are they thinking by betting on election dates with alleged insider information ? >> 7- >> yeah, 7_ >> yeah, well, ? >> yeah, well, you 7 >> yeah, well, you must miss out the d—day early withdrawal by by mr sunak from from northern france. i mean, when are you going to call an election 20 points behind. you've got to get everything working in the right order. it's six weeks to turn the polls around. nothing can go wrong. and things have repeatedly gone wrong of their own making. the d—day issue. the titanic issue is where you have an event maybe less clear, but this one you've got, reports here. you've got laura, laura saunders, she's a candidate in bristol north west, reportedly, involved in this betting on the date of general election. we don't know. she's no comment from her, but this this is these are the claims. yeah, the tories say we've been contacted by the gambling commission about a small number of individuals. this goes

feeling, i think , though, and feeling, i think, though, and certainly in the room yesterday at silverstonef a, of a big moment, a big offering to those on the right of the party defecting and going to the reform uk party. a poll out last night gave the tories on 18 points, reform on 17 points and labour at 38 points. if you add the reform and tories support, together, you get to 35, just narrowly behind labour. so if he can square off that reform uk support and get more dope nose on side, it's a neck and neck race that hasn't happened. that right wing vote has been split by reform, so there wasn't really enough, i think, to deal with that problem yesterday. but we're looking at the detail here. i think today's focus is on table two of a costings document given out yesterday by the tory party in it they may they say here they can save £18 billion from welfare reform and closing the tax gap. the difference between tax owed and tax received by hmrc. that figure 18 billion, covers the cost of 17.2 billion of tax cuts in the manifesto. and it's that debate about whether those those savings are

so the conservatives launched their manifesto at silverstone earlier today and rishi sunak promised £17n tax cuts. we will keep cutting taxes in the coming years , meaning that by 2027 we years, meaning that by 2027 we will have halved national insurance to 6. >> that is a tax cut, my friends, worth £1,500 to the average worker . average worker. >> wow. mr sunak also promised bold tax cuts for the self—employed, enhanced pension protection and no new net zero charges. but shadow chancellor rachel reeves claimed the manifesto contained a whopping £71 billion of unfunded commitments and accused the prime minister of cosplaying liz truss . truss. >> rishi sunak said he was the antidote to liz truss. instead, he's cosplaying liz truss by again doing what the conservatives did in that mini—budget with, in this case, £71 billion of unfunded commitments . so they're not commitments. so they're not going to cut national insurance. or if they do , all it's going to or if they do, all it's going to mean is £4,800. more on your mortgage. >> well then, sir keir starmer piped up, didn't he made this

the people's channel, britain's news channel >> earlier on breakfast you are at silverstone.rash campaigns. >> we've committed £100 million to the emergency dentist appointments, which will be paid for by closing tax avoidance. >> we're now going to be delivering some pretty big tax cuts. we've already tax cut, cut taxes for 29 million working people to education in schools hasn't to changed adapt to using technology the way young people learn, their interests. >> it is unbelievable. and taylor swift is so unbelievable that, i've interviewed her and didn't remember it until isabel or someone showed it to me from six. it's breakfast on gb news. >> i'm patrick christys every weeknight from 9:00. i bring you two hours of unmissable, explosive debate and headline grabbing interviews. what impact has that had? >> we got death threats and the bomb threat and so on. >> as time passes, she could have said, storm, you made my argument for me one at a time. >> my guests and i tackle the issues that really matter with a sharp take on every story went everywhere. >> something practical c

. >> i mean i thought that was an absolute car crash at silverstone because when he made this promisehe said it's going to come from? he said it's going to come from two places. it's going to be cutting down on tax avoidance. what well, that's what your lot keeps saying. and it's they do. no we don't we do not do we put this morning. that is only one aspect of the hang on.the is only one aspect of the hang on. the other one was is going to save on the benefits. they're going to cut your sickness benefit, cut your unemployment benefit, cut your unemployment benefit and it's actually going to give to the even the richer people. i'm sorry. you know, this this idea of raising the bill since covid has gone up £70 billion. >> why? >> why? >> well , because there are >> well, because there are people staying at home who should be back at work, and that's where they should be. but let's make the system work. but you cannot you cannot predicate an entire economy on taking money away from the weak and the vulnerable . many, many i'm vulnerable. many, many i'm sorry. many of them are. when you a

there are two documents that were published on the day of the manifesto launch, and i was there at silverstonents that were there. they're firstly, the manifesto itself and secondly, the costings behind it. each and every one of our plans is fully funded. we have a plan, a very clear plan for lower taxes for lower immigration. in stark contrast to the labour party, that that stands for higher taxes. and we all know where their instincts on immigration are. entire immigration. >> i'm sorry, but paul johnson's got no reason to lie. you have every reason to bend the truth and twist it to make it sound different. why would an independent economist who's criticising everybody equally? and he's also levelled criticisms at reform and at the green party as well. why would he be making this up? the british public deserve for our government and our politicians to be honest with them and the labour party as well. >> you mentioned two other parties. he mentioned the labour party as well. i'm confirming that i'm talking to you are confirming the taxes would go up under labour. and my response, quite simply

unveiled a 76 page prospectus for a full term of conservative government at his manifesto launch at silverstonenother party, given a labour victory is assured. this dynamic dust to remind me a little bit of the 2017 general election, when everyone thought, at least for much of the campaign, the conservative leader, then prime minister theresa may, was going to win big, and labour candidates went round the country and said people should vote for them for a strong opposition. as it turned out, theresa may ended up losing her majority. i'm not predicting the outcome this time, but i think you are starting to see a similar dynamic to them.— are starting to see a similar dynamic to them. are starting to see a similar d namic to them. : :, , ., dynamic to them. another thing grant sha- -s dynamic to them. another thing grant sha -s said dynamic to them. another thing grant shapps said was _ dynamic to them. another thing grant shapps said was that _ dynamic to them. another thing grant shapps said was that although - dynamic to them. another thing grant shapps said was that although labour| shapps sa

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