Theresa May will be the next Prime Minister, Tony Blair predicts

“The most important factor in personal investors’ minds when making their decision on which way to vote is the parties’ respective approaches to Brexit”, The Share Centre chief executive, Richard Stone, said.

Moreover, while Starmer appeared to rule out a much-discussed second referendum on European Union membership under Labour, fellow Brexit spokesman Paul Blomfield appeared to hint this stance was only being adopted for the election.

May, who replaced David Cameron as prime minister shortly after last June’s referendum shock, repeatedly ruled out a snap election until April 18 when she announced the June 8 vote.

“I think there will be some tactical voting between UKIP and the Conservatives”.

Writing Tuesday in one of the leading newspapers in Wales, the Western Mail, May she said the election was an opportunity to give Britain “the strong and stable leadership it needs to see us through Brexit and beyond”.

And Remainers are pretty much using a similar strategy.

However both Labour and the Tories have told their voters the polls could be wrong.

Open Britain, a group campaigning against a Hard Brexit, has drawn up an “attack list”, according to the Guardian.

In a raucous session of prime minister’s questions in the House of Commons, the two leaders eyeballed each other while outlining competing visions as MPs behind them cheered and jeered.

“I am clear that under a Conservative government pensioner incomes would continue to increase”, May told parliament, when asked if she would recommit to the triple lock.

Although the union is not affiliated to Labour, it praised Mr Corbyn’s pledges – including repeal of the hated Trade Union Act, support for employment rights, public ownership of the railways and opposition to austerity.

“This election is not about the kind of tribal politics that has held sway in Wales and elsewhere for many years”.

“Pro-Europeans need to stand up and be counted between now and 8 June. We have a very different vision”.

Others are less convinced that this election is just another referendum vote.

Jeremy Corbyn will not take part in general election television debates unless Theresa May appears alongside him, his spokesperson has confirmed.

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron will urge businesses to “dump the Tories” because they would be “funding their own funeral” if they donate to a party that backs leaving the European single market.

Obvious in that the Tories are going to spend as many days as they can of this campaign trying to compare Theresa May to Jeremy Corbyn.