UK general election latest: Teetotal Rishi Sunak thrown side eye in Welsh brewery and Keir Starmer kicks...

After drying off from his Downing Street drenching, Rishi Sunak hit the campaign trail today visiting a warehouse in Derbyshire before heading to a brewery in Wales.

We will be back but in the meantime here is a selection of stories we have published today on MailOnline.British public reveal they'd rather be watching the Euros than voteMembers of the public have revealed that heading to the polls on July 4 is the last thing on their minds at the moment as many punters are gearing up for the warm weather instead.Mail Online

Lib Dems launch election campaign in Cabinet minister's constituencyEd Davey kicked off his push towards July 4 in the marginal seat of Cheltenham, currently held by Justice Secretary Alex Chalk.Mail Online With his own MP gently mocking him with an umbrella in Derbyshire and awkward conversation around football in South Wales, Mr Sunak will surely be hoping for a warmer reception in the Scottish Highlands.

15:12Breaking:Second minister to stand down at electionRail minister Huw Merriman has announced he is standing down ahead of the election.Sir Ed Davey has been pictured leading the march of the Liberal Democrats as he kicked off the party's campaign in Cheltenham today. It's nearly 24 hours on from Rishi Sunak's election announcement in which he was soaked to the skin as he made the biggest political gamble of his career.

I expect over the next six weeks we’ll see the Tories and Labour really going at itThey’ll be going hammer and tongs to discredit each other.I’ll also be going hammer and tongs, not against anyone, but I’ll be going hammer and tongs to put Scotland first.He added that was what 'SNP MPs always do at Westminster', adding it was 'in our DNA'.

13:01Read: Rishi Sunak challenges Keir Starmer to SIX TV debatesMailOnline reporters Greg Heffer and James Tapsfield report Rishi Sunak has challenged Sir Keir Starmer to six TV debates during the general election campaign as he laid down the election gauntlet.PM lays down the gauntlet by challenging Starmer to SIX TV debatesThe Prime Minister has let it be known he is willing to face-off against Sir Keir every week during the six-week battle ahead of polling day on 4 July.

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