Who’s winning the general election campaign so far?

Sean O'Grady examines the state of the race for Downing Street after the parties release their manifestos

Johnson arrives for the Conservative Party’s manifesto launch in Telford on Sunday (Reuters)

Both main parties are up on the start of the campaign, but the Tory poll lead is steady at a relatively healthy 13 points ahead of Labour on the week, enough for a majority of 50 or 60. Manifestos were published, but as ever what was omitted could be as revealing as what was put in.

Conservatives 4/5

They’re winning, you know. It is possible to argue that Theresa May is the Conservatives’ most potent weapon in the general election of 2019, in the way that she was obviously not in 2017.