No blockage from what I can see.
I took off the spacer and gaskets and noticed I had them the wrong way. The pattern in the rear of the carby needed to match the spacer which looks like some sort of breather so I changed that. One of the gaskets has a breather hole so I think it's all good now.
Same thing happened though....... Take the air cleaner cover offm and it starts.
Filter is nice and clean by the way.