And they're off ...published at 06:31 British Summer Time 20 April 2017
Chris Mason
Political Correspondent
Now that the vote has happened there is that sense that the date is set and the whole thing can start formally, even though MPs will sit in the chamber for the next week or so.
Jeremy Corbyn’s big pitch is to effectively acknowledge that, yes, Labour is a million miles behind in the opinion polls, but they say they’re offering something different. They say the establishment and the media say it’s a foregone conclusion that Labour are going to lose. Their argument is that shouldn’t necessarily be the case, that they stand up for ordinary people.
We’ll see Theresa May continue to return to the theme that we saw in Bolton about strong and stable leadership.
The Liberal Democrats will continue to make the argument for the UK staying as close to the European Union as possible.