Political leaders got the general election show on the road yesterday on battle buses that will criss-cross Britain over the next month vying for votes. In an attempt to hammer home its message, Labour unveiled a bright red vehicle emblazoned with the word "Change" more than 30 times.
And in a sign Sir Keir Starmer’s team wants to plant its tanks firmly on Tory lawns, the bus was launched in Uxbridge, in London, Boris Johnson’s old electoral stomping ground. There, Sir Keir joked about Conservative woes, including the time in the run-up to the 2019 election that the former prime minister hid in a fridge to avoid a TV interview.
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