Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg meet the voters

Lattes all round … Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah in a coffee shop in Kirkcaldy
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Brown courts the younger vote
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Kirkcaldy again: Brown with baby
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Balloons, buggies and Browns
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"And I trust we can count on your vote in the election, sir?"
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The PM stops off at a street in Lochgelly. The duo in lilac may well have some questions on stamp duty for later
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Gordon stops for a bit
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Jokes!
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Proud parents snap Amy, 8, and her friend Gordon, 59
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Just call me Dave … Conservative party leader David Cameron acts, like, totally natural in a hardware store in Cheam
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Browsing through children's books in Cheam
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Cameron at a greengrocer's in Cheam, Surrey
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Cameron turning his back on the yellows. Should the Lib Dems take that as a portentous sign?
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The Conservative leader shares a joke as he waits for his change
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Nick Clegg and his wife, Miriam, help build a dry stone wall at Whirlow Hall farm
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Jeans, gloves and beatific grins are essential when dry-stone walling in Sheffield
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Miriam González Durantez adds a touch of glamour to the world of dry stone walling
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Well, if you can build a dry stone wall, convincing the electorate of Great Britain that your party represents a credible alternative should be a walk in the park
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Nick Clegg and Miriam survey the (political) landscape
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11 April: A resident looks out as Prime Minister Gordon Brown stands on a balcony during a visit to newly built flats in London
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Conservative Party leader David Cameron joins Sir Ian Botham on his latest charity walk in Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield
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Liberal Democrats Party Leader Nick Clegg and Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable put the finishing touches to the party election manifesto at Mr Clegg's Putney home
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Nick Griffin MEP, the leader of the BNP canvasses for support in Dagenham
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A British citizen living overseas holds a pamphlet promoting the Conservative party as she chats with a worker from the Conservatives Abroad organisation in Madrid
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The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, talks to Labour activists after he outlined the party's election manifesto in Walthamstow, London
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