In Pictures: Swinney dishes up curry while Sunak goes back to school

Labour politicians opted for high-vis during visits to a building site and a port.

Published Jun 7

The General Election campaign trail is heating up as SNP leader John Swinney dished up a tempting curry lunch in Glasgow and met Waspi campaigners dressed in suffragette colours of purple and green.

Meanwhile, as he faces a backlash for leaving Thursday’s D-Day anniversary events in Normandy early, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak found himself with a much younger audience when he went back to school and joined pupils at the Great Oldbury Primary Academy in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer donned a hard hat and headed for a housing development in north-west London where he attempted to woo first-time buyers with the announcement of the party’s new Freedom to Buy scheme.

SNP leader John Swinney sits eating curry with his head covered while visiting a Sikh Gurdwara while behind him stand three men in turbans — SNP leader John Swinney stops for lunch during his visit to the Glasgow Gurdwara where he met members of the Sikh community (Andy Buchanan/PA)

John Swinney pictured between bronze heads on the Mary Balfour statue at Govan Cross — Mr Swinney pictured between the bronze heads of the Mary Balfour statue at Govan Cross honouring the Scottish political activist (Andy Buchanan/PA)

A road sign reading Veterans Way with a blue Conservative Party campaign bus in the distance — The Conservative Party campaign bus was parked on Veterans Way on the day the Prime Minister apologised for leaving the D-Day memorial events early (Jacob King/PA)

Angela Rayner wearing yellow high-vis jacket and a white hard hat and orange gloves stands in front of a building site with a crane overhead. — Sir Keir was joined by his deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner, who donned safety gloves as well as high-vis during the visit to the building site (James Manning/PA)