TORIES

• Leapt on Thornberry refusing to commit to using the nuclear deterrent
• Welcomed Farage’s decision to stand down in 317 seats
• Decent growth figures released by the ONS
• Topline(s):
  • Labour are a threat to national security
  • A gridlocked parliament is the greatest threat to Brexit
  • Farage has admitted voting Brexit Party risks letting remainers in

LABOUR

• Campaign for the military covenant, including wage rises, welfare and housing for military families
• New plan for mental health funding, especially in schools and for children
•  Topline(s):
  • Farage and Boris want to sell the NHS to Trump

LIB DEM

• Announced a new policy of skills training for adults, with £10,000 to every adult to spend on education and training
• Announced new target of 80% of electricity to come from renewables by 2030
•  Topline(s):
  • The Tory Party are now the Brexit Party

Brexit Party

• Huge announcement from Farage they will be standing down in the 317 seats the Tories won in 2017
• Cited Boris’s video yesterday confirming the implementation period won’t be extended, and won’t seek political alignment
• Topline(s):
  • Putting country before party
  • They will expose Labour’s “complete betrayal” of their northern Brexit seats

Cut through

• Brexit Party standing down in Tory-held seats
• Boris trying to get to grips with flooding in the North

Latest polls:

ComRes: CON: 36% (-) LAB: 29% (+1) LDEM: 17% (-) BREX: 11% (+1)
YouGov: CON: 39% (+3) LAB: 26% (+1) LDEM: 17% (-) BREX: 10% (-1)
Deltapoll: CON: 41% (+1) LAB: 29% (+1) LDEM: 16% (+2) BREX: 6% (-5)
Opinium: CON: 41% (-1) LAB: 29% (+3) LDEM: 15% (-1) BREX: 6% (-3)

PaddyPower Majority Odds (Previous in Brackets):

• Tories: 4/7 (11/10)
• No overall: 13/8 (10/11)
• Labour: 20/1 (14/1)
• Lib Dems: 150/1 (150/1)
• Brexit Party: 250/1 (150/1)