Labour's election campaign behind the scenes: Week four

Martin Argles campaign: Gordon Brown and Jack Straw at the Honeywell Community Centre in Oldham

28 April: Brown and the justice minister, Jack Straw, arrive for a campaign meeting at the Honeywell Community Centre in Oldham
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles campaign: Gordon Brown and Jack Straw discuss strategy at Honeywell Community centre

28 April: Brown and Straw discuss strategy with local candidates at Honeywell Community centre
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles campaign: Sue Nye encourages Gillian Duffy meet Gordon Brown in Rochdale

28 April: Labour's press relations officer, Sue Nye, encourages resident Gillian Duffy to come and meet Brown in Rochdale. The PM later described her as 'a sort of bigoted woman' in unguarded comments
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles campaign: Guests and staff at the Radisson hotel await the return of Gordon Brown

28 April: Guests and staff at the Radisson hotel in Manchester await the return of Brown after he had visited Duffy's home to apologise for his remark
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles campaign: Gordon Brown gives interviews to local journalists in Rochdale

28 April: Brown gives interviews to local journalists in Rochdale
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles campaign: Gordon Brown is photographed at Manchester Piccadilly Station

28 April: The PM is photographed during a walkabout at Manchester Piccadilly railway station
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: A member of the public puts her arm round Prime Minister Gordon Brown

29 April: A member of the public puts her arm around Brown for a photograph in Manchester
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: 29 April: Gordon Brown and key aides inspect the podium

29 April: Prior to the third live TV leaders' debate, Brown and aides inspect his podium
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: Gordon Brown and Tessa Jowell watch students at Loughborough University

30 April: Brown and the Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, watch students in the gym at Loughborough University
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: Iain Bundred and Sue Nye talk at Blidworth Oaks Primary School in Sherwood

30 April: Iain Bundred, the chief press officer, and Sue Nye, an aide to Brown, talk during a campaign visit at Blidworth Oaks primary school, in Sherwood
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling speak before the launch of a new poster

30 April: Brown and the chancellor, Alistair Darling, speak before the launch of a new Labour poster in Birmingham
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: 1 May: Prime Minister Gordon Brown makes notes before a poster launch

30 April: Brown makes notes before a poster launch in Birmingham
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: Members of the cabinet line up in Birmingham before poster launch.

30 April: Members of the cabinet line up in Birmingham before the launch (left to right: Douglas Alexander, Tessa Jowell, Peter Mandelson, Harriet Harman, Brown, Darling, Yvette Cooper, Alan Johnson and Ed Balls)
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: 1 May: Gordon Brown talks to local journalists at Newcastle railway station

1 May: Brown talks to journalists at Newcastle railway station
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: 1 May: Sarah Brown accompanies her husband during a visit to Newcastle

1 May: Sarah Brown accompanies her husband during a visit to Newcastle
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown in First Class waiting room in Newcastle

1 May: Mandelson and Brown sit in the first class waiting room at Newcastle station
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: Prime Minister Gordon Brown in discussion with Sue Nye and Iain Bundred

1 May: Brown in discussion with Nye and Bundred after an event at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland at which Julian Borthwick, a heckler, was bundled out by Labour activists after interrupting Mr Brown with his reference to the Gillian Duffy row
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: Labour team on a train from the North east to London

1 May: Members of the Labour team on a train from the north-east to London (left to right): Mandelson, Anna Yearley, of the leader's team, office manager Jill Cuthbertson, press officer Kenny Young and fellow press officer Tim Nuthall
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian

Martin Argles election: A Labour Party supporter watches Gordon Brown in Harrow West

2 May: A Labour supporter watches Brown through the window of the constituency office of Labour MP Gareth Thomas in Harrow West
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian