In Pictures: Swinney dishes up curry while Sunak goes back to school

By Press Association

June 7 2024, 4:58pm

SNP leader John Swinney, with parliamentary candidate Chris Stephens in the kitchens during their visit to the Glasgow Gurdwara (Andy Buchanan/PA)

The General Election campaign trail is heating up as SNP leader John Swinney dished up a tempting curry lunch in Glasgow and met Waspi campaigners dressed in suffragette colours of purple and green.

Meanwhile, as he faces a backlash for leaving Thursday’s D-Day anniversary events in Normandy early, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak found himself with a much younger audience when he went back to school and joined pupils at the Great Oldbury Primary Academy in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer donned a hard hat and headed for a housing development in north-west London where he attempted to woo first-time buyers with the announcement of the party’s new Freedom to Buy scheme.

SNP leader John Swinney sits eating curry with his head covered while visiting a Sikh Gurdwara while behind him stand three men in turbans — SNP leader John Swinney stops for lunch during his visit to the Glasgow Gurdwara where he met members of the Sikh community (Andy Buchanan/PA)

A woman dressed in purple and wearing a hat with a purple band in front of purple banners calling for Waspi women to be compensated — The First Minister met campaigners from the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) group at Govan Cross (Andy Buchanan/PA)

John Swinney pictured between bronze heads on the Mary Balfour statue at Govan Cross — Mr Swinney pictured between the bronze heads of the Mary Balfour statue at Govan Cross honouring the Scottish political activist (Andy Buchanan/PA)

Rishi Sunak holds a hand up tentatively flanked by two school children including a girl waving her hand high — I know, miss! Prime Minister Rishi Sunak goes back to school and is quizzed along with pupils at the Great Oldbury Primary Academy in Stonehouse (Jacob King/PA)

A road sign reading Veterans Way with a blue Conservative Party campaign bus in the distance — The Conservative Party campaign bus was parked on Veterans Way on the day the Prime Minister apologised for leaving the D-Day memorial events early (Jacob King/PA)

Sir Keir Starmer in a hard hat and yellow high-vis jacket framed by a grey metal doorway — Can he fix it? Sir Keir Starmer launched Labour’s Freedom to Buy scheme in north-west London (James Manning/PA)

Angela Rayner wearing yellow high-vis jacket and a white hard hat and orange gloves stands in front of a building site with a crane overhead. — Sir Keir was joined by his deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner, who donned safety gloves as well as high-vis during the visit to the building site (James Manning/PA)

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in an orange work vest talks to two men in yellow high-vis in front of a large boat under a canopy — Also opting for bright work wear was Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar during his visit to the Port of Aberdeen (Michal Wachucik/PA)