In Pictures: Planes, boats and beaches feature on day two of election campaign
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Party leaders have been criss-crossing the country on day two of the General Election campaign. Rishi Sunak spent the morning in Belfast, Sir Keir Starmer was in Glasgow while Sir Ed Davey enjoyed the best of the weather on the beach in Eastbourne.
A photographer sought an eye-catching shot of Sir Keir Starmer as he launched Labour’s election campaign in Scotland (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Sir Keir and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar were all smiles at the event in Glasgow (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Supporters were keen to support the call for change, with plenty of placards on show (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Sir Keir later travelled to a builders merchants in Lancashire as he set out his party’s plans to create jobs through Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan (Peter Byrne/PA)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak enjoyed a funny moment during a visit to a maritime technology centre at a dockyard in Northern Ireland (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Mr Sunak and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris were also given a boat tour during the Belfast visit (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was next on a plane to Birmingham where he was quizzed by reporters squeezed for space (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Rishi Sunak tries his hand at bricklaying during a visit to Cannock College (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey enjoyed an ice cream on the promenade in Eastbourne (Aaron Chown/PA)
Sir Ed also had fun with Lib Dem candidate for the Eastbourne constituency, Josh Babarinde, on the beach on a beautiful sunny day (Aaron Chown/PA)
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