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Jeremy Corbyn promised inflation-busting five per cent pay rises for public sector workers today in a Left-wing “manifesto for hope” that trumpeted big spending but also increases in taxes and borrowing.
In an exclusive interview with the Evening Standard’s ES Magazine, the Labour leader spoke in the most revealing terms yet about a possible move to 10 Downing Street as prime minister in just over three weeks.
He revealed his wife Laura Alvarez, a passionate campaigner in her own right, is “very interested in the idea” of moving to No 10.
Animal-lover Mr Corbyn also confessed he is worried about how his cat El Gato would fare at the famous address.
His comments came as an exclusive poll for the Standard by Ipsos MORI revealed the Conservatives a full 16 points ahead of Labour .
Voters currently divide: Conservatives, 44 per cent (up three points since last month), Labour 28 per cent (up four), Liberal Democrat 16 (down four), Brexit Party three per cent (down four) and Green Party three (unchanged), after allowing for seats where the Brexit Party is not standing.
The findings are compelling evidence that the smaller parties are suffering a “big squeeze” as polling day on December 12 draws closer, with Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson losing voters as the Labour and Conservative shares rise.
Mr Corbyn opened up in an exclusive interview with Lynn Barber for ES Magazine about his hopes for the general election and afterwards.
He denied there is anti-Semitism in his party, saying he has spent a lifetime opposing racism of all kinds.
“There is no anti-Semitism in the Labour Party,” he insisted. He also rejected claims by Jewish media that Jewish people were scared of a Corbyn government, and said: “There is nothing, nothing, nothing in my life that has ever been racist or anti-Semitic in any way.”
Challenged why he was reportedly supportive on social media of a controversial mural depicting caricature Jewish bankers, he agreed that a London council had been right to remove it. He said: “I didn’t approve of the mural. I simply asked the question why is this mural being removed? The following day, the council decided to remove it and I looked at it and said, yes, you’re right.”
Asked if Ms Alvarez, a former banker who now imports fairtrade coffee beans to London, was happy to move to No 10, he said: “She is very interested in the idea!” and laughed.
Mr Corbyn added: “But there’s the question of what happens to the cat, of course.” El Gato, Spanish for “the cat”, is the family pet whose picture graced the Corbyn Christmas card last year.
Asked if he could simply take El Gato with him, Mr Corbyn said: “Yes, but cats tend to be very territorial.”
Asked how Ms Alvarez, who joined him on stage at this year’s Labour conference, felt about the spotlight, he said: “She’s her own person, has her own life to lead. She’s very active, very political and very knowledgeable, does a lot of work on human rights and other issues.”
Award-winning interviewer Ms Barber wrote that Mr Corbyn gave the impression he “doesn’t expect to be moving into No 10 next month and maybe doesn’t even want to”. He told her he leaves his north London home at 8 or 9am, often not returning until 11pm. When they have time to cook, he makes “very nice coddled eggs” and jam.
General Election 2019 – In pictures
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson wears a construction helmet reading “Prime Minister” during a visit to Wilton Engineering Services, part of a General Election campaign trail stop in Middlesbrough
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Nigel Farage visits the Brook pie and mash shop in Dagenham
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson runs to his campaign bus after a general election campaign visit to Wilton Engineering Services, in Middlesbrough
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Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson during a visit to Trumpington Park Primary School, in Cambridge, whilst campaigning for the General Electio
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Jeremy Corbyn reacts during the election head-to-head debate live on TV
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds part of the door of a washing machine during a visit to Ebac electrical appliances manufacturer during a General Election campaign trail stop
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Leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage talks to a during a walkabout with PPC candidate Mike Greene as part of a general election campaign event in Peterborough
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid during a visit to Nanaksar Gurdwara in Coventry while on the campaign trail ahead of the General Election
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Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon reacts during a general election campaign visit to Perthshire Preserves in Stirling
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Michael Gove and Andrew Gwynne during an interview at tonight’s debate in the ‘Spin Room’ ahead of general election
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a ‘Made In Britain’ sign he took off the packaging of a washing machine during a visit to Ebac electrical appliances manufacturer during a General Election campaign trail stop
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Leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage holds a pint during general election campaign event in Peterborough
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid during a visit to Nanaksar Gurdwara in Coventry while on the campaign trail ahead of the General Election
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Jimmy Egan’s Boxing Academy at Wythenshawe, while on the campaign trail ahead of the General Election
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson eats a candy stick which reads “Back Boris” during a General Election campaign trail stop at Coronation Candy in Blackpool,
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Britain’s Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson makes a pizza with chef Leonardo Mastrofilippo at Cafe Amisha during her general election campaign tour in London
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage looks out from a window on the Kestrel crabbing boat in Grimsby fish dock during General Election campaigning
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to West Monkton CEVC Primary School in Bathpool, Taunton
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Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon (R) holds a baby as she campaigns with SNP candidate Catriona MacDonald
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Jo Swinson at Total Boxer
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson during a visit to the Gurdwara Singh Sabha Temple in Glasgow
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a gift card with an image mocking him, during a General Election campaign trail stop in Wells
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Nigel Farage holds a fish during a stop at the Grimsby Seafood Village during General Election campaigning
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson steers a tug boat during a General Election campaign stop in the port of Bristol,
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Nigel Farage takes a mouthful of homemade cheesecake during a stop at the Grimsby Seafood Village during General Election campaigning
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds Rosie the rabbit during a visit to a primary school in Taunton
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage wears boxing gloves as he poses with British boxer Dereck Chisora, during his visit to Gator ABC Boxing Club in Ilford
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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tries a scone in Bentley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, during General Election campaigning
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan practices with a sparing partner Tyler Brindle as he visits a community boxing gym in London
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson, drinks from a pint watched by Defence Minister Johnny Mercer (right) as he meets with military veterans at the Lych Gate Tavern in Wolverhampton
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks with a local woman pushing a wheelbarrow
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage attends a general election campaign event in Sedgefield
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon during a visit to The Shed, a Climate Challenge community project at North Edinburgh Arts
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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn during a visit to the Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre in Glasgow
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Britain’ Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a baby as he meets with supporters at the Lych Gate Tavern in Wolverhampton
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Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon visits Blosson Tree children’s nursery
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn laughs during a visit to the Scrap Creative Reuse Arts Project, Sunny Bank Mills, The Spinning Mill in Leeds
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Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson eats a marshmallow during a visit to Free Rangers Nursery while on the General Election campaign trail in Midsomer Norton
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson helps with the clean up at an opticians as he visits Matlock in Sheffield
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveils the Labour battle bus while on the General Election campaign trail in Liverpool
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Brexit party leader Nigel Farage eats fish and chips from Whitehaven Fish Bar Takeaway Restaurant during a walkabout after attending an election campaign even
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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson attends an election campaign event in Golders Green
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson moves a pallet of chocolate biscuits in a -25 degree celsius storage unit during a general election campaign visit to the headquarters of Iceland Foods in Deeside, northeast Wales
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries his hand at making an Antony Gormley inspired clay figure during an arts class whilst visiting the George Spencer Academy in Nottingham, while on the General Election campaign trail around the country
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon eats a cupcake during a visit to a bakery whilst on the election campaign trail in Alloa
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson helps quality control staff during a general election campaign visit to the Tayto Castle crisp factory in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage during a visit to Bolsover Boxing Club near Chesterfield in Derbyshire
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the campaign trail on Thursday
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Britain’s opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech during their election campaign event on Brexit in Harlow
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Boris Johnson at Downing Street
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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie (right) and party General Election campaign chairman Alex Cole-Hamilton on the General Election campaign trail in Blackhall, Edinburgh
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Carrie Symonds shares a picture of Dilyn the dog ready for the General Election
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a guitar as she visits Dalkeith Community Hub with Owen Thompson, SNP election candidate for Midlothian
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Boris Johnson speaks to staff at the East Midlands and East of England Genomic Laboratory Hub, in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson during a visit to Sigma Pharmaceuticals in North Watford
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street on route to Buckingham Palace ahead of an audience with Queen Elizabeth II and the formal start of the General Election
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage addresses supporters at the Washington Central Hotel in Workington
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage stops for a pint of beer with the party’s candidate for Ashfield Martin Daubney (right) during a campaigning stop in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
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Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice poses as he wears boxing gloves at a general election campaign event at Bolsover Boxing Club in Chesterfield
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Jeremy Corbyn kisses Emily Thornbury’s hand in Battersea
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson takes a selfie as she appears on BBCC’s The Andrew Marr Show
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Jeremy Corbyn prepares to launch the Labour Party’s election campaign in south London
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon helps to serve soup during a visit to the Lochside Community Centre in Dumfries, to meet voters and activists while on the General Election campaign.
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Nigel Farage at the Brexit Party’s election campaign launch
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Boris Johnson looks at old photographs of London with students at Abbots Green Primary Academy in Bury St Edmunds
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Nigel Farage on The Andrew Marr Show
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has a coffee in Cafe Gelato, Rutherglen
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Jacob Rees-Mogg arrives at Downing Street in London
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Jeremy Corbyn meeting the party faithful during a rally while on the campaign trail in Swindon
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Larry the cat walks outside Downing Street
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Boris Johnson as he leaves 10 Downing Street
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Nigel Farage gives the thumbs up
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Jeremy Corbyn takes a selfie while on the General Election campaign trail in Milton Keynes
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Government advisor Dominic Cummings walks along Whitehall on his way to Downing Street wearing a bulldog clip
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson wears a construction helmet reading “Prime Minister” during a visit to Wilton Engineering Services, part of a General Election campaign trail stop in Middlesbrough
Reuters
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Nigel Farage visits the Brook pie and mash shop in Dagenham
Lucy Young
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson runs to his campaign bus after a general election campaign visit to Wilton Engineering Services, in Middlesbrough
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Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson during a visit to Trumpington Park Primary School, in Cambridge, whilst campaigning for the General Electio
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Jeremy Corbyn reacts during the election head-to-head debate live on TV
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds part of the door of a washing machine during a visit to Ebac electrical appliances manufacturer during a General Election campaign trail stop
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Leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage talks to a during a walkabout with PPC candidate Mike Greene as part of a general election campaign event in Peterborough
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid during a visit to Nanaksar Gurdwara in Coventry while on the campaign trail ahead of the General Election
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Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon reacts during a general election campaign visit to Perthshire Preserves in Stirling
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Michael Gove and Andrew Gwynne during an interview at tonight’s debate in the ‘Spin Room’ ahead of general election
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a ‘Made In Britain’ sign he took off the packaging of a washing machine during a visit to Ebac electrical appliances manufacturer during a General Election campaign trail stop
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Leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage holds a pint during general election campaign event in Peterborough
Reuters
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid during a visit to Nanaksar Gurdwara in Coventry while on the campaign trail ahead of the General Election
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Jimmy Egan’s Boxing Academy at Wythenshawe, while on the campaign trail ahead of the General Election
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson eats a candy stick which reads “Back Boris” during a General Election campaign trail stop at Coronation Candy in Blackpool,
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Britain’s Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson makes a pizza with chef Leonardo Mastrofilippo at Cafe Amisha during her general election campaign tour in London
Reuters
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage looks out from a window on the Kestrel crabbing boat in Grimsby fish dock during General Election campaigning
PA
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to West Monkton CEVC Primary School in Bathpool, Taunton
PA
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Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon (R) holds a baby as she campaigns with SNP candidate Catriona MacDonald
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Jo Swinson at Total Boxer
Jeremy Selwyn
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson during a visit to the Gurdwara Singh Sabha Temple in Glasgow
PA
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a gift card with an image mocking him, during a General Election campaign trail stop in Wells
AP
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Nigel Farage holds a fish during a stop at the Grimsby Seafood Village during General Election campaigning
PA
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson steers a tug boat during a General Election campaign stop in the port of Bristol,
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Nigel Farage takes a mouthful of homemade cheesecake during a stop at the Grimsby Seafood Village during General Election campaigning
PA
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds Rosie the rabbit during a visit to a primary school in Taunton
AFP via Getty Images
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage wears boxing gloves as he poses with British boxer Dereck Chisora, during his visit to Gator ABC Boxing Club in Ilford
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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tries a scone in Bentley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, during General Election campaigning
PA
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan practices with a sparing partner Tyler Brindle as he visits a community boxing gym in London
Reuters
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson, drinks from a pint watched by Defence Minister Johnny Mercer (right) as he meets with military veterans at the Lych Gate Tavern in Wolverhampton
PA
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks with a local woman pushing a wheelbarrow
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage attends a general election campaign event in Sedgefield
Reuters
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon during a visit to The Shed, a Climate Challenge community project at North Edinburgh Arts
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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn during a visit to the Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre in Glasgow
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Britain’ Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a baby as he meets with supporters at the Lych Gate Tavern in Wolverhampton
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Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon visits Blosson Tree children’s nursery
AFP via Getty Images
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn laughs during a visit to the Scrap Creative Reuse Arts Project, Sunny Bank Mills, The Spinning Mill in Leeds
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Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson eats a marshmallow during a visit to Free Rangers Nursery while on the General Election campaign trail in Midsomer Norton
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson helps with the clean up at an opticians as he visits Matlock in Sheffield
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveils the Labour battle bus while on the General Election campaign trail in Liverpool
PA
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Brexit party leader Nigel Farage eats fish and chips from Whitehaven Fish Bar Takeaway Restaurant during a walkabout after attending an election campaign even
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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson attends an election campaign event in Golders Green
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson moves a pallet of chocolate biscuits in a -25 degree celsius storage unit during a general election campaign visit to the headquarters of Iceland Foods in Deeside, northeast Wales
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries his hand at making an Antony Gormley inspired clay figure during an arts class whilst visiting the George Spencer Academy in Nottingham, while on the General Election campaign trail around the country
PA
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon eats a cupcake during a visit to a bakery whilst on the election campaign trail in Alloa
PA
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson helps quality control staff during a general election campaign visit to the Tayto Castle crisp factory in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Reuters
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage during a visit to Bolsover Boxing Club near Chesterfield in Derbyshire
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the campaign trail on Thursday
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Britain’s opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech during their election campaign event on Brexit in Harlow
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Boris Johnson at Downing Street
Jeremy Selwyn
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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie (right) and party General Election campaign chairman Alex Cole-Hamilton on the General Election campaign trail in Blackhall, Edinburgh
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Carrie Symonds shares a picture of Dilyn the dog ready for the General Election
@carriesymonds
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a guitar as she visits Dalkeith Community Hub with Owen Thompson, SNP election candidate for Midlothian
Getty Images
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Boris Johnson speaks to staff at the East Midlands and East of England Genomic Laboratory Hub, in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge
Reuters
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson during a visit to Sigma Pharmaceuticals in North Watford
PA
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street on route to Buckingham Palace ahead of an audience with Queen Elizabeth II and the formal start of the General Election
AP
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage addresses supporters at the Washington Central Hotel in Workington
PA
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage stops for a pint of beer with the party’s candidate for Ashfield Martin Daubney (right) during a campaigning stop in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
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Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice poses as he wears boxing gloves at a general election campaign event at Bolsover Boxing Club in Chesterfield
Reuters
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Jeremy Corbyn kisses Emily Thornbury’s hand in Battersea
Jeremy Selwyn
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson takes a selfie as she appears on BBCC’s The Andrew Marr Show
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Jeremy Corbyn prepares to launch the Labour Party’s election campaign in south London
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon helps to serve soup during a visit to the Lochside Community Centre in Dumfries, to meet voters and activists while on the General Election campaign.
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Nigel Farage at the Brexit Party’s election campaign launch
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Boris Johnson looks at old photographs of London with students at Abbots Green Primary Academy in Bury St Edmunds
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Nigel Farage on The Andrew Marr Show
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has a coffee in Cafe Gelato, Rutherglen
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Jacob Rees-Mogg arrives at Downing Street in London
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Jeremy Corbyn meeting the party faithful during a rally while on the campaign trail in Swindon
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Larry the cat walks outside Downing Street
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Boris Johnson as he leaves 10 Downing Street
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Nigel Farage gives the thumbs up
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Jeremy Corbyn takes a selfie while on the General Election campaign trail in Milton Keynes
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Government advisor Dominic Cummings walks along Whitehall on his way to Downing Street wearing a bulldog clip
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Mr Corbyn, 70, said he allowed his children to “eat what they like” despite being a vegetarian himself from the age of 20. He said: “I don’t impose my views on others.”
Today’s Ipsos MORI survey is packed with pointers to how Britons are approaching their decision.
- It contains evidence that the Conservative support is more robust, with seven in 10 Tories saying they have “definitely” decided, compared with just 54 per cent of Labour backers and only 40 per cent of Lib Dems.
- Worryingly for Ms Swinson, whose share has fallen two months running, the Lib Dem vote is the most malleable, with six in 10 people who currently intend to vote for the party saying they “may change their mind”. That compares with 46 per cent of Labour backers and just 28 per cent of Tories.
- Britons do not want another hung parliament. Some 72 per cent say it would be bad for the country. Unsurprisingly, Lib Dem backers are divided, with 48 per cent for and 47 against.
- About one in seven (14 per cent) intend to vote tactically because their preferred party is a no-hoper locally. More than a fifth (23 per cent) of Lib Dem backers are tactical voters.
- Brexit is the biggest issue with voters when they are asked, unprompted, to say what the most important election issue is. Some 63 per cent named the EU departure, followed by the NHS on 41 per cent and 21 per cent for education. Online polling, where voters are prompted with a list of issues, has found the NHS and Brexit vying for top spot.
Gideon Skinner, of Ipsos MORI said: “The public are telling us that they care more about the outcome of this election than previous ones, and yet four in 10 say they might change their minds — also more than in 2017. The Conservatives have most reason to be pleased … But there is clearly potential for this to change.” Labour’s manifesto was launched in Birmingham after public borrowing figures showed that the deficit swelled from £8.9 billion to £11.2 billion in October.
- Ipsos MORI interviewed 1,228 adults across GB by telephone, November 15-19. Data are weighted. Details from www.ipsos-mori.com