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The general election campaign in pictures

General election pictures: General Election
Chancellor Alistair Darling debates with his Conservative shadow George Osborne in a BBC news television interview near parliament
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
General election pictures: gordon brown meets locals at a community centre
Gordon Brown meets local people at a community centre in Stevenage
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
General election pictures: David Cameron On The Campaign Trail In London
Conservative party leader David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson pose with Chelsea Pensioners during a visit to The Royal Chelsea Hospital
Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA
General election pictures: nick clegg campaigns in cardiff
Nick Clegg speaks to the waiting media as he visits a residential centre, Plas Bryn, in Cardiff
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
General election pictures: Nigel Farage On The UKIP Campaign Trail
United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) member Nigel Farage takes a cigarette break as he campaigns in Winslow
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
General election pictures: Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks to economists in London
Prime minister Gordon Brown speaks to economists at the Michael Faraday Theatre in London watched by business secretary Lord Mandelson and Labour candidate Gloria del Piero
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Election campaign: Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a phonebank session
Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah speak to members of the public during a phone bank session at Labour party headquarters
Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images
Election campaign: Conservative Party leader David Cameron with students in Bermondsey
David Cameron poses for photographs with students during an election visit to the Globe Academy in Bermondsey, in London
Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images
Election campaign: Vince Cable and Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat MP for Brent East
The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, Vince Cable, and Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat MP for Brent East, meet party activists at a local campaign office in Brent, London
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Election campaign: Actor Michael Caine speaks during a news conference
Actor Michael Caine speaks during a news conference with David Cameron and Michael Gove, shadow secretary of state for children, schools and families
Photograph: Susannah Ireland/The Independent
Election campaign: Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah meet community staff at Bromley By Bow
Gordon and Sarah Brown meet community staff and local residents at Bromley-By-Bow community and health centre in east London
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images
Election campaign: Nick Clegg on the general election campaign trail in Glasgow, Scotland
Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat leader, and former leader Charles Kennedy join the general election campaign trail in Glasgow
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Election campaign: The Conservative party campaign bus waits in a side street of Leeds
The Conservative party campaign bus waits in a side street in Leeds for the start of the Tory election campaign as two girls gesture to the camera
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Election campaign: Conservative Party leader David Cameron speaks to nurses
The Conservative party leader, David Cameron, speaks to nurses during a visit to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Edgbaston
Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images
Election campaign: Labour supporters hold Labour placards and anti-Tory leaflets in Cardiff
Labour supporters hold placards and anti-Tory leaflets on the streets of Cardiff in Wales
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
Election campaign: A dog looks out from a door during the election campaign
A dog looks out from a door as Scottish Labour party leader, Iain Gray, left, and the secretary of state for Scotland, Jim Murphy, canvass homes in Gilmerton, Edinburgh
Photograph: David Moir/Reuters
Election campaign: Annabel Goldie MSP campaigning in Edinburgh
Annabel Goldie MSP, right, is joined on the election campaign bus by Liam Fox MP, left, and Jason Rust, second left, the Scottish Conservative candidate for Edinburgh South in Edinburgh
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Election campaign: Peter Hain speaks on the streets of Cardiff, Wales
Peter Hain, the Labour MP for Neath, speaks on the streets of Cardiff, where he launched the Welsh Labour general election campaign
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
Election campaign: Conservative Party leader David Cameron speaks to patient Chris Stiles
David Cameron speaks to patient Chris Stiles during a visit to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Edgbaston
Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images
Election campaign: Supporters of prospective parlimentary candidate Janice Small wear rosettes
Supporters of prospective parlimentary candidate Janice Small wear rosettes as they wait for party leader David Cameron to speak at Leeds City Museum
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Election campaign: Scottish Secretary of State Jim Murphy campaigns in Edinburgh
Jim Murphy, centre, and Iain Gray, left, campaign in the Ferniehill Estate in Edinburgh
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Election campaign: David Cameron speaks to party faithful at Leeds City Museum
Cameron speaks to party faithful at Leeds City Museum as the Tory election campaign gets under way
Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images
Election campaign: Leader of the Liberal Democrat party Nick Clegg gestures in Watford
Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader, gestures as he speaks to young people in Watford
Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters
Election campaign: Mr Harry Keane awaits the arrival of Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Harry Keane awaits the arrival of Gordon Brown at his house in Rainham in Kent
Photograph: Mark Large/Getty Images
Election campaign: Prime Minister Gordon Brown campaigning in Gillingham
Prime minister Gordon Brown and wife Sarah arrive meet residents on the first day of campaigning in Gillingham, in Kent
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Getty Images
Election campaign: Conservative leader David Cameron works on a train from Birmingham to Leeds
Cameron works on a train from Birmingham to Leeds
Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images
Election campaign: Prime Minister Gordon Brown talks to staff at Aylesford Newsprint
Brown talks to staff at Aylesford Newsprint, paper manufacturers near Maidstone in Kent
Photograph: Ben Gurr/Getty Images
Election campaign: Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg leaves St Luke's Church Hall
Clegg leaves St Luke's church hall after talking to a group of young adults
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Election campaign: Gordon Brown Ends The Speculation And Calls A General Election
Gordon Brown and his wife, Sarah, visit Aylesford Newsprint, paper manufacturers near Maidstone in Kent
Photograph: Ben Gurr/Getty Images
Election campaign: Former deputy prime minister John Prescott on his Labour battlebus
Former deputy prime minister John Prescott on his Labour battle bus at Carlisle train station. He will be visiting 50 key marginal seats in a 4,000-mile tour
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
Election campaign: David Cameron addresses the Warburtons bread factory in Bolton
David Cameron addresses an audience at the Warburtons bread factory in Bolton
Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images
Election campaign: Prime Minister Gordon Brown gets into his car at Centre Point
Gordon Brown gets into his car after making a speech at Centre Point in central London
Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images
Election campaign: John Prescott in Dumfries, Scotland on his final battlebus tour
John Prescott addresses Labour supporters in Dumfries, Scotland, on his battle bus tour
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod
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