Ed Miliband used a trip to David Brown gears factory in Lockwood last week to launch a stinging attack on zero hours contracts.
Comments which prompted the chancellor, George Osborne, to reflect he'd find it 'very difficult' to live on a zero hours contract while kitted out in hi-vis at Britvic's soft drinks factory in Leeds.
Osborne had followed his Conservative colleagues David Cameron and Boris Johnson in going lineside.
The PM and London mayor checked out assembly at the London Taxi Company in Coventry to mark a £250m investment by the firm's Chinese owner.
A move that signalled a vote of confidence in the government's long-term economic plan to back business, create jobs and secure the recovery, said Cameron.
Not to be outdone, Nigel Farage is the latest party leader to head for the shopfloor. The UKIP leader met the factory manager at M&J Seafoods while on a visit to Hull this week.
Hopefully Farage paid closer attention to the site's health and safety policy than he'd shown on an earlier boat trip from the City's harbour. Farage was reported to have said: "I'm not a big believer in health and safety. I'm more of a risk taker," before donning his life jacket.
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