In Pictures: Dogs and ice cream add flavour to election campaign
Sir Ed Davey, Sir Keir Starmer, John Swinney and Rishi Sunak all hit the campaign trail on Saturday.
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Party leaders have been out in the sunshine on the third day of General Election campaigning. SNP leader John Swinney enjoyed licking an ice cream while Lib Dem counterpart Sir Ed Davey got himself licked by a dog!
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