Nigel Farage was centre stage as the leaders of the major political parties took a step back from campaigning on Friday.
The Reform UK leader said he believes his party could get more than six million votes in the General Election as he insisted he could trounce the “hopelessly split” Tories to be the “voice of opposition” to Labour.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was in Italy attending the G7 meeting in Puglia.
And First Minister of Scotland was in Germany as the Tartan Army took over Munich ahead of the Euro 2024 clash with the host nation.
Sinn Fein expects to retain its seven Westminster seats in the General Election, party leader Mary Lou McDonald has said.
Vice-president Michelle O’Neill also defended the party not running in all constituencies across Northern Ireland, saying they had listened to people in terms of getting the “largest number of progressive candidates” elected.
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Elsewhere, party financial figures Laura Trott and Rachel Reeves spoke to further outline detail in their respective manifestos.
