THERESA May attempted to get her faltering campaign back on track as she returned to the stump for the first time since last week’s terror attack in Manchester.
The Prime Minister said the choice in the General Election came down to who voters wanted to lead Britain exiting the EU. Her lead, once seemingly impregnable, has fallen in recent days, and most polls now have the gap between the Tories and Labour in single figures.
May was also heckled by animal welfare protesters over plans to repeal the fox hunting ban. The Prime Minister was shouted down on Saturday night during a General Election hustings in her constituency of Maidenhead.
Members of the Hunt Saboteurs Association accused May of ignoring the views of 90 per cent of the population. May told the hustings: “You’re either for fox hunting or you’re against it and some people feel passionately on both sides of this. I was brought up in the countryside and yes, I do support fox hunting.
“In the Conservative manifesto there would be a free vote in parliament and it would not be whipped by party.”
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