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Jeremy Corbyn is desperate to move on from talk of his mauling at the hands of Andrew Neil last night but some journalists still won't play by the Labour script. At a Labour event this morning, two reporters asked questions about anti-Semitism. It's safe to say it didn't go down well with shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner, who accused the reporter of 'having a dig' at the leader: 'Do you have a question on the issue we are actually discussing today or was that an opportune moment to get a dig in about something else?' Oh dear...

Jeremy Corbyn's interview with Andrew Neil is likely to be a defining moment in the Labour leader's election campaign. Corbyn struggled to spell out his position on Brexit, refused to apologise over allegations of anti-Semitism and also failed to do his homework when it came to saying how his government would fund its multi-billion pound plans to revolutionise Britain. It's a hard choice but here are the six worst bits from Corbyn's clash with Andrew Neil: Corbyn refuses to apologise over anti-Semitism: The Labour leader was pressed repeatedly to apologise over accusations of anti-Semitism. Four times, he refused to do so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Labour's Jeremy Corbyn had a tough message for rogue, profiteering property owners this morning. In an announcement calling for a 'charter of renters' rights' – designed to protect tenants from landlords who rack up charges on properties in a state of disrepair – the Labour leader promised to 'be on the side of tenants and take on dodgy landlords who have been given free rein for too long.' All's fair in class war. But Mr Steerpike was curious to see if the Labour party's own conduct would match its professed claim to be on the side of downtrodden tenants. The Labour party has its own portfolio of properties (worth over £6 million), which are managed by a separate company, called Labour Party Properties Limited.

Boris Johnson has launched his party's manifesto in Telford this afternoon, joined by his Cabinet who were all confidently clapping away in the front row. All of them, that is, except for one Jacob Rees-Mogg. Eagle-eyed viewers will have spotted the conspicuous absence of the Leader of the Commons. Mr Rees-Mogg has been keeping a low profile after committing the first major blunder of the election campaign. During a discussion with LBC's Nick Ferarri, the MP for North Somerset said that he thought that it would have been 'the common sense thing to do' for Grenfell residents to have ignored the fire brigade's advice and leave the burning building. So is Mr Rees-Mogg currently grounded back in his native Somerset or was he simply watching from backstage? https://twitter.

The Liberal Democrat leader had an awful time on Friday night's Question Time special. The audience was, at best, uninterested in her pitch. A notable moment was when a Remain voter criticised the Lib Dems for their policy of revoking Article 50, calling it 'undemocratic'.

Labour's manifesto wasn't to everyone's liking, but it has found one fan: Lily Allen. The pop star has released a video of her tearful reaction to Jeremy Corbyn's blueprint for Britain. 'It's the best manifesto I've ever seen,' she said, as she openly wept in a video posted to her Twitter account, https://twitter.com/lilyallen/status/1197501067560443904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Mr S has some sympathy: he has frequently felt like crying at the prospect of reading an election manifesto...

Dawn Butler is no fan of Boris Johnson. But Mr S couldn't help but notice the Labour MP's apparent approval for the Prime Minister in the aftermath of last night's ITV debate. Butler attacked Boris as 'full of bluster' but then added: 'Boris Johnson talked about the NHS with compassion, he talked about nurses and doctors. He talked about schools. He talked about all the policies that's going to make the difference in real peoples' lives.' Butler later appeared to realise her mistake by saying Boris Johnson 'isn't even in touch with his own feelings'. Mr S, for one, is confused...

Jo Swinson has branded accusations she fired stones at squirrels as 'very fake news'. Screenshots of what appeared to be a Daily Mirror story have been widely circulated online. The article alleges that a private video of the Lib Dem leader has surfaced on Facebook, showing her pelting the furry mammals with pebbles using a slingshot. The Remain campaigner told LBC's Iain Dale she was becoming increasingly concerned about such viral stories: 'They're quite sophisticated in that people can believe them.

On the Marr show this morning, Jeremy Corbyn was asked – and refused to say – five times whether he would campaign for Leave or Remain in a second referendum. Referring to himself in the third person, Corbyn said the only thing Corbyn could reveal was that we would have a close trading relationship with the EU. Mr S. says that Mr S. thinks this is a bit of a cop out. Here is a clip of part of the discussion: [embed]https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1196011540257722368?s=20[/embed] Andrew Marr: If you become prime minister, when you become prime minister, do you want this country to leave the EU or not? Jeremy Corbyn: We're going to put that choice to the British people and they will make that decision.