UK PM Rishi Sunak, Opposition Labour hit campaign trail

Rishi Sunak interacts with staff at a distribution centre in Ilkeston in the East Midlands. Pic/AFP

Rishi Sunak, his Conservative Party colleagues and Opposition Labour Leader Keir Starmer and his shadow cabinet hit the campaign trail with gusto on Thursday, a day after the British Prime Minister surprised many within his ranks by calling an election just six weeks away on July 4.

The 44-year-old British Indian leader's rain-soaked speech on the steps of 10 Downing Street on Wednesday evening sent the political corridors of the country into a flurry of activity, with Sunak hitting the ground running with a campaign event in east London right after with his three poll pitches of "Clear Plan, Bold Action, Secure Future".

"Over the next few weeks, I will fight for every vote," he pledged. Asked by the BBC why he chose to fire the starting gun for the election race getting drenched in the pouring rain, Sunak replied that it showed that he is "not a fair-weather politician".

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