Alert – UK general election LIVE: Fun and games for some on the campaign trail as Lib Dem leader heads down WATERSLIDE – but Keir Starmer faces Labour split over Diane Abbott row and Rishi Sunak is grilled by voter on Downing Street parties

Sir Ed Davey has taken his political campaign stunts to a new level after he was interviewed on a WATERSLIDE today while unveiling Liberal Democrat plans to boost children’s mental health.

Meanwhile Labour has been taunted by the Conservative Party after a slew of left-wing candidates were blocked from standing in the general election as the Diane Abbott row threatens to overshadow its campaign.

Elsewhere, the Greens and Plaid Cymru have launched their campaigns this morning while Nigel Farage and Richard Tice have set out Reform UK’s immigration policy amid a backlash over Mr Farage’s controversial remarks about young British Muslims.

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