Vuelio General Election Briefing 5th June

Sadly, our election briefing again starts with news that campaigning was suspended owing to a terrorist attack. This suspension was relatively brief: perhaps due to the proximity to polling day, perhaps due to the sense that the attack was targeted at the election itself and that the best way of demonstrating resilience was for campaigning to resume as soon as possible. What this means in terms of the election is that the focus remains firmly on security. 

Here’s a quick summary of what happened last week:

• YouGov published a poll that shows we are heading towards a hung parliament, per YouGov the Conservatives will be 16 seats short of a majority.
• Both leaders struggled in the leaders’ Question Time, with Theresa May falling short of a convincing answer about nurses’ pay. Jeremy Corbyn came under tough questioning (again) relating to his views on nuclear weapons.
• Jeremy Corbyn made a surprise appearance at the leaders’ debate which Theresa May didn’t take part in, sending Amber Rudd in her place. As we can see from social media mentions of Theresa May during the debate below, her absence was very much noted online:

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