Campaign Unwrapped

We are into the final fortnight of the general election campaign and the pace is about to quicken as we head to December 12th.
Plenty can happen in that time and today Kate McCann presents from a soaking Plymouth where the Prime Minister failed to show for a photocall and then 'failed' a science test at school. Laura Bundock's been with Jo Swinson as the Lib Dems make a political pivot to go on a Johnson attack. And Paul Kelso's been listening to who he calls his 'fiscal uncle' as the IFS questions the credibility of the Conservative and Labour spending plans.

The campaigns collide today as Sky's Kate McCann and Diana Magnay cover key south west constituencies with Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn respectively.
As the Prime Minister visits a clotted cream factory, the big debate is whether it's jam or cream on the scone first?
Diana and producer Tom Larkin started the day in London where Mr Corbyn reignited the 'NHS for sale' row and planner Kate Wilsea explains how she juggles all the logistical demands of the campaign.
There's news on seagulls, an allegation of tie theft and a baby update too...

Kate McCann hosts the Sky News podcast that goes behind the scenes on the general election campaign trail. She is embedded with the Boris Johnson camp as she follows the PM from Surrey to Edinburgh and then on to Norfolk where she is met by a Campaign Unwrapped fan club.. Kate is joined by producer Lucy Plint who has been looking after the logistics, the broadcast demands and making sure the right questions are being asked of Mr Johnson! And Tom Rayner has been with Jeremy Corbyn in London on a day of difficult headlines for the Labour leader. Tom is also wondering why he was not told about a visit to Mansfield...

We have reached the halfway point and our glass half-full team of correspondents are ready to attack part two of the campaign trail.
In this episode, Kate McCann has the inside story on Friday night's spin-room dispute in Sheffield between Dominic Raab for the Conservatives and Andy McDonald for Labour. Tom Rayner reveals how Jeremy Corbyn prepares for his campaign - and how he always knows exactly where he is going. And Lewis Goodall looks ahead to what promises to be a feisty constituency hustings in Surrey. The team also have a novel idea on how to break the deadlock in the event of a hung parliament.

It's Friday night and the leaders of the main parties are preparing to answer questions in a TV studio.
Sky's Kate McCann is at the venue in Sheffield where she's been celeb spotting, Lewis Goodall can't stop talking about his trip to Peterborough with the Brexit Party while Tamara Cohen discuses battle bus etiquette.

The Labour manifesto is revealed in the West Midlands but is it cheaper or more expensive than the Liberal Democrat book? Sky's Diana Magnay and Tom Larkin have been with Jeremy Corbyn in Dudley while Kate McCann thought she was on a day off but instead found herself hosting the podcast with fighting talk about her conversations with the Prime Minister on the campaign trail.

The campaign goes on as the fallout over the first TV debate continues. Kate McCann is with the Prime Minister in a north east England chippy where he may have let slip a major policy announcement, Laura Bundock has interrogated the Liberal Democrat manifesto which is apparently available to buy and Rowland Manthorpe examines the controversy over the Conservative Party's social media mischief.

Ahead of the first big set piece event of the general election campaign, the live TV debate between Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson, Kate McCann and Jon Craig follow the leaders to Manchester via a boxing ring. Lewis Goodall's negotiating the fens as he heads towards Great Yarmouth armed with a book of trivia. And how do Saint & Greavsie make it into a podcast about the general election campaign? Listen and find out...

Despite a lull in the campaigning, enthusiasm is certainly not waning among the Sky News team as they swap buses and trains for the comfort of the Westminster studio. Lewis Goodall reflects on his campaign journey so far, Sam Coates and Rob Powell continue to wait for the call to hit the road while political producer Clare Parry - who's always in the engine room of the operation - reveals, among other things what it's like to work with Jon Craig.

Boris Johnson has a new bus, so he'll have paid close attention to what's written on it, right? Today on the campaign trail, the team compare notes on hotels, photo opportunities, push notifications and rival podcasts.