Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have hit the ground running in the UK. 

The leaders of the Conservative and Labour parties, respectively, are out and about ahead of the July 4 election. 

But Newstalk ZB UK correspondent Vincent McAviney told Mike Hosking that it hasn't been a smooth start for the Conservative leader. 

He says Sunak had an embarrassing faux par in Wales when he asked locals if they were excited to watch the upcoming football, despite Wales not getting through to the Euro finals. 

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