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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

General election 2010: Gordon Brown names the day

brown calls election: Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street
Gordon Brown looks pensive as he leaves 10 Downing Street to go to Buckingham Palace
Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP
brown calls election: The bookie's odds on College Green
Bookies' odds on College Green outside the Houses of Parliament
Photograph: Graham Turner
brown calls election: Conservative party leader David Cameron returns from a run
Cameron, returns from a run near his home in London
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
brown calls election: Television news anchors wait for the prime minister to leave Downing Street
The television news anchors Alistair Stewart and Huw Edwards wait for the PM in Downing Street
Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Reuters
brown calls election: Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street
Brown heads for his car as he travels to the palace to ask the Queen to dissolve parliament
Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
brown calls election: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg at head office
The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, speaks to staff at the party's headquarters in London
Photograph: Reuters
brown calls election: David Cameron speaks to the media as he leaves his house
Cameron prepares to speak to the media as Brown calls the general election
Photograph: Sang Tan/AP
brown calls election: The PM's car travels past crowds in front of Buckingham Palace
The PM's car travels past crowds in front of Buckingham Palace Photograph: Graham Turner
brown calls election: Brown makes a statement outside No 10 as the Labour front bench looks on
Brown announces the date of the election outside No 10 as his ministers look on
Photograph: David Levene
brown calls election: Conservative party leader David Cameron speaks to supporters
Cameron speaks to Conservative supporters in London
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
brown calls election: Sarah Teather, Michael Gove and David Miliband on college green
Sarah Teather, of the Liberal Democrats, the foreign secretary, David Miliband, and the Conservative Michael Gove wait to be interviewed by the press on College Green, outside the Houses of Parliament
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
brown calls election: The PM and his wife arrive at St Pancras station
Brown meets members of the public at St Pancras station, in London
Photograph: Reuters
brown calls election: Scottish first Minister Alex Salmond
The Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond, gets on the campaign trail at an indoor bowls complex in Edinburgh
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
brown calls election: The Tory battle bus
Journalists board the Tory battle bus
Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
brown calls election: Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah take the train to Rochester in Kent
Brown and his wife, Sarah, take the train to Rochester, in Kent
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
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