Vuelio General Election Briefing 30th May

Despite the election campaign being suspended for a few days as a mark of respect to the victims of the attack in Manchester, it’s been an eventful week on the election campaign trail. With UKIP’s manifesto launch on Thursday, May’s ‘dementia tax’ U-turn and Paxman interviews with May and Corbyn, there’s a lot to catch up on.

Here’s a quick summary of what happened:

• The polls have narrowed in the wake of the so-called ‘dementia tax’, with Labour closing the gaps on the Conservatives – but still several percent behind
• In the wake of the Manchester attack, attention has moved to security – an area where both Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May have weaknesses which the parties will be hoping to exploit
• Last night, both Corbyn and May appeared on television, answering questions from voters and Jeremy Paxman
• UKIP’s manifesto was launched on Thursday, and as the graph below shows, this gathered around 550,000 mentions on social media. While it firmly positioned itself as the party to vote for to avoid compromise over Brexit, there was also dismay online over UKIP’s pledge to ban the burka due to their impact on Vitamin D levels.

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