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Two men dressed in high-vis clothing at a warehouse appeared to be normal voters asking questions of Rishi Sunak - but they have now been exposed as Tory councillors.
On the first day of the general election campaign, the PM was quizzed by what seemed to be ordinary workers at West William Distribution in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Mr Sunak's grilling at the biscuit distribution centre went well as two of the group asked unchallenging questions of the Conservative leader.
Yet it later emerged how they are both Tory councillors in what Labour claimed is evidence the PM is 'running scared' of the British electorate.
Sir Keir Starmer's party gleefully seized on the revelation as they mocked Mr Sunak's gaffe-laden first day of election campaigning with a new attack video.
This also saw Labour swipe at the PM for awkwardly asking Welsh voters if they were looking forward to the Euros - despite their nation's footballers not having qualified for the upcoming tournament.
Two men dressed in high-vis clothing at a warehouse appeared to be normal voters asking questions of Rishi Sunak - but they have now been exposed as Tory councillors
Erewash councillor Ben Hall-Evans (left) and Leicestershire councillor Ross Hills were both identified as Conservative politicians
Mr Sunak's bumpy start to the six-week election campaign, ahead of the 4 July vote, began in Ilkeston when he stood in the centre of a group dressed in high-vis.
Two men who asked questions of the PM were later found to be Conservative politicians - with one of them also from a different county.
Erewash councillor Ben Hall-Evans and Leicestershire councillor Ross Hills were first identified by the Byline Times.
Mr Hills, who describes himself on social media as a 'part-time dentist', told the
