Key party leaders showcased their craft skills on Thursday as they took part in competing pottery-themed campaign visits a week before Election Day.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited the Denby Pottery Factory in Ripley, Derbyshire and tried his hand at pottery, while Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer travelled to Duchess China in Longton, Stoke.
Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey met his candidate in Greater Manchester, where they showed off their pot-painting skills.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer talks to potter Keith Brymer Jones during his visit to Duchess China in Longton, Stoke (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Sir Keir seemed to enjoy his time with the star potter (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey also enjoyed painting pottery with Lisa Smart, his party’s candidate for Hazel Grove in Greater Manchester (Peter Byrne/PA).
Even Rishi Sunak seemed to laugh at his party’s poor poll ratings (Joe Giddens/PA)
The Prime Minister was seen making pottery during a visit to the Denby Pottery Factory in Ripley (Joe Giddens/PA)
Elsewhere, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage spoke to the media ahead of a meeting at the Rainton Arena in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear (Tom Wilkinson/PA).
Later in the day, Sir Keir spoke to students at Burton and South Derbyshire College in Burton-on-Trent (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Scotland may have been eliminated from the European Championships, but that didn’t stop SNP leader John Swinney from playing a game of football with some local children on Portobello Beach.
And Sir Ed finished his day with Helen Morgan, the Liberal Democrat candidate for North Shropshire, by walking some alpacas at Clivewood Farm in North Shropshire (Matthew Cooper/PA)
