July 1, 2024, 5:38 pmUpdated: July 1, 2024, 7:00 pm
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey taking part in a bungee jump (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Sir Ed Davey took part in a bungee jump as he urged voters to take a similar “leap of faith” and back the Liberal Democrats on Thursday.
The Lib Dem leader sought a General Election poll bounce for his party by flinging himself off a crane platform while shouting: “Do something you’ve never done before – vote Liberal Democrat.”
Sir Ed didn’t appear to be scared as he laughed moments before being raised for his big jump (Gareth Fuller/PA)His face told a somewhat different story when he launched himself off the platform, however (Gareth Fuller/PA)Fortunately there were no issues with his harness (Gareth Fuller/PA)And the Lib Dem leader looked mightily relieved when he was back on terra firma (Gareth Fuller/PA)Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer gave a speech to party activists while on a visit to Hitchin in Hertfordshire (Stefan Rousseau/PA)The Labour leader asked voters to judge him in five years’ time against improved public services, economy and living standards (Stefan Rousseau/PA)But this cute doggy didn’t seem to care very much (Stefan Rousseau/PA)Rishi Sunak was hoping he wouldn’t have to field too many difficult questions during a visit to Nuneaton Cricket Club (Jonathan Brady/PA)The PM played his answers with a straight bat (Jonathan Brady/PA)Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar sought to highlight his party’s green prosperity plan, which he says will create 650,000 jobs across the UK by 2030 (Andrew Milligan/PA)He said the Harland and Wolff site in Methil, Fife, had “huge potential”, as he visited alongside shadow Scottish secretary Ian Murray (Andrew Milligan/PA)He saw staff there working on creating barges for refuse materials (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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