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Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures

Election campaign: Nick Clegg at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
Liberal Democrats (in date order): Nick Clegg at Dynamic Earth, in Edinburgh
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod
Election campaign: Vince Cable at Waterloo station in London before boarding a train
Vince Cable at Waterloo station, in London, before boarding a train to Hampshire
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Election campaign: Nick Clegg speaks to Vince Cable on board a train on his way to Hampshire
Clegg speaks to Cable on a train to Hampshire
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Election campaign: Nick Clegg speaks to supporters and the waiting media
Clegg speaks to supporters and the media outside Southampton General Hospital
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Election campaign: Nick Clegg at Southampton General Hospital
Clegg at Southampton General Hospital
Photograph: Getty Images
Election 2010: Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures
Clegg gestures during a Q&A session with students at Oxford Brookes University
Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
Election 2010: Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures
A Liberal Democrat supporter goes to see candidate Parmjit Gill campaigning in Leicester
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian
Election 2010: Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures
Clegg talks to journalists onboard his campaign bus
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Election 2010: Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures
Clegg listens to the audio of recorded comments by Gordon Brown calling Gillian Duffy a 'bigoted woman'
Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters
Election 2010: Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures
Mannequins of Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron seen with a noose hung in front of them during a publicity stunt at the London Dungeon
Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
Election campaigning: Nick Clegg answers questions from students at South Birmingham College
Nick Clegg answers questions from students as he visits South Birmingham College in Birmingham
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Election campaign: Nick Clegg is presented with a garland at De Montfort University
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg is presented with a garland, after talking to students at De Montfort University in Leicester
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Election campaign: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg makes a speech in Sheffield
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg makes a speech to media and supporters in Sheffield
Photograph: Dan Chung
Election campaign: Nick Clegg, with his wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez
Nick Clegg is accompanied by his wife, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, as he talks to supporters at Clarks Outlet Shopping Centre in Wells
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Election campaign: Nick Clegg delivers a speech to supporters in a park in Colne Valley
Nick Clegg delivers a speech to supporters in a park in Colne Valley, Yorkshire
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Election campaign: Nick Clegg is photographed on a mobile phone
Nick Clegg is photographed on a mobile phone as he speaks to the congregation of a community church in Burnley
Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters
Election week 4: alan johnson and tessa jowell campaigning in brixton
Labour (in date order): The home secretary, Alan Johnson, and the Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, meet voters in Brixton, south London
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Election campaign: Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah and Jim Murphy
Brown, his wife, Sarah, and Jim Murphy (right) meet members of the public in Glasgow
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Election campaign: Gordon Brown having tea on Weymouth quay
Brown has tea on Weymouth quay, in Dorset
Photograph: Geoff Moore/Rex Features
Election week 4: Police officers monitor the prime minister Gordon Brown on CCTV
Police officers monitor Gordon Brown on CCTV as he approaches the Oldham event control room
Photograph: Richard Pohle/The Times/PA
Election 2010: Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures
Gordon Brown speaks to Gillian Duffy in Rochdale. He was caught on microphone describing her as a 'bigoted woman'
Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA
Election week 4: Gordon Brown hides behind the microphone on Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show
Brown appears on Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show and is played the recorded conversation in which he calls Gillian Duffy 'a bigoted woman'
Photograph: David Fisher/Rex Features
Election 2010: Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures
Gordon Brown leaves the Rochdale home of Gillian Duffy after apologising to the 65-year-old
Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA
Election 2010: Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures
Meanwhile... Labour MP Harriet Harman builds sand castles at the Woodside Children's Centre in Dudley
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Election campaign: John Prescott chats to shoppers as he campaigns in Dudley
John Prescott chats to shoppers as he campaigns in Dudley
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Election campaigning: Labour party supporters are pictured wearing t shirts in Birmingham
Labour party supporters wearing T-shirts during the launch of a new campaign poster in Birmingham
Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images
Election campaigning: Gordon Brown visits the Thompson friction welding factory in Halesowen
Gordon and Sarah Brown visit the Thompson friction welding factory in Halesowen
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Election campaigning: Business Secretary Peter Mandelson is driven in a electric car
The business secretary, Lord Mandelson, is driven in an electric car during a visit to the University of Birmingham
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Election campaign: Students from University of Birmingham watch the leaders' election debate
Students from University of Birmingham watch the leaders' televised election debate in the rain on a big screen set up by the BBC in a rugby field
Photograph: Dan Chung
Election campaign: Police gather at the scene of a car crash at a bus shelter
Police gather at the scene of a car crash at a bus shelter next to where Gordon Brown and his cabinet were launching a poster campaign in Birmingham
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Election campaign: Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman at a party poster launch in Birmingham
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman, at a party poster launch in Birmingham
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Election campaign: Gordon Brown and Tessa Jowell campaign on the streets of South London
Gordon Brown and Tessa Jowell campaign on the streets of South London
Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images
Election campaign: Gordon Brown at the Church of the New Testament
Gordon Brown speaks to a Sunday congregation at the Church of the New Testament in Streatham
Photograph: Reuters
Election campaign: Gordon Brown with his wife Sarah in a rain soaked car  in London
Gordon Brown with his wife Sarah leave the Church of the New Testament in Streatham
Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA
Election campaign: A worker erects an opposition Conservative Party election poster
Conservatives (in date order): A worker puts up a Conservative election poster showing the Tory leader, David Cameron, in Manchester
Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
Election campaign: David Cameron adjusts his jacket after leaving his Jaguar car
Cameron adjusts his jacket after leaving his Jaguar to board his election battlebus for a visit to Romsey
Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
Election campaign: David Cameron is confronted by a father who has a child with special needs
Cameron is confronted by a father in London
Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
Election campaign: George Osborne puts on his jacket
George Osborne puts on his jacket as he arrives at the workshop of Squires Gear & Engineering in Coventry
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Election campaign: David Cameron meets shoppers in Bury market, Greater Manchester
Cameron at Bury market, Greater Manchester
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Election campaign: David Cameron plays table tennis in the 'Bolton Lads and Girls Club'
Cameron plays table tennis in the Bolton Lads & Girls club, Lancashire
Photograph: Reuters
Election 2010: Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures
Cameron talks to staff at a Coca Cola plant during a visit to Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Election campaign: George Osborne alongside host Kwame Kwei Armah
The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, stands behind the actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah, who was hosting the 'Black Britain Decides' event at the Methodist Central Hall in London
Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters
Election campaign: David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive at Euston train station
David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, arrive at Euston train station
Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images
Election campaigning: David Cameron Campaigns In The West Midlands
Cameron is given a teddy bear on his visit to the Children's hospital in Birmingham
Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Getty Images
Election campaign: Boris Johnson And Damian Greene try a cup cake
Chris Philp (left), the Conservative party candidate for Hampstead, Boris Johnson (centre), the Mayor of London, and Damian Green, the Conservative's shadow immigration minister, try some David Cameron cup cakes in Camden
Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Election campaign: David Cameron meets pupils at Western Springs Community Primary School
The Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, meets pupils at Western Springs Community Primary School in Rugeley, Staffordshire
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Election campaign: David Cameron Takes The Conservative Campaign to the West Midlands
The Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, speaks about 'a contract with the voters' at the Landau Forte college in Derby
Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Getty Images
Election campaign: David Cameron talks to shadow health minister Andrew Lansley
David Cameron talks to the shadow health minister, Andrew Lansley, as they head to Dagenham in the Tory campaign bus
Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/AFP/Getty Images
Election campaign: David Cameron at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage
David Cameron meets the two day-old twins Tabitha and Bo London at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Election campaign: David Cameron and his wife Samantha in Newquay
David Cameron and his wife Samantha in Newquay
Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images
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