Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures

Liberal Democrats (in date order) : Nick Clegg at Dynamic Earth, in Edinburgh Photograph: Murdo MacLeod Photograph: guardian.co.uk Vince Cable at Waterloo station, in London, before boarding a train to Hampshire Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Photograph: Gareth Fuller/guardian.co.uk Clegg speaks to Cable on a train to Hampshire Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Photograph: Gareth Fuller/guardian.co.uk Clegg speaks to supporters and the media outside Southampton General Hospital Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk Clegg at Southampton General Hospital Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg gestures during a Q&A session with students at Oxford Brookes University Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/guardian.co.uk A Liberal Democrat supporter goes to see candidate Parmjit Gill campaigning in Leicester Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Clegg talks to journalists onboard his campaign bus Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Photograph: Gareth Fuller/guardian.co.uk Clegg listens to the audio of recorded comments by Gordon Brown calling Gillian Duffy a 'bigoted woman' Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters Photograph: Andrew Winning/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Toby Melville/guardian.co.uk Nick Clegg answers questions from students as he visits South Birmingham College in Birmingham Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Photograph: Gareth Fuller/guardian.co.uk Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg is presented with a garland, after talking to students at De Montfort University in Leicester Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Photograph: Gareth Fuller/guardian.co.uk Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg makes a speech to media and supporters in Sheffield Photograph: Dan Chung Photograph: guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Gareth Fuller/guardian.co.uk Nick Clegg delivers a speech to supporters in a park in Colne Valley, Yorkshire Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Photograph: Gareth Fuller/guardian.co.uk Nick Clegg is photographed on a mobile phone as he speaks to the congregation of a community church in Burnley Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Brown, his wife, Sarah, and Jim Murphy (right) meet members of the public in Glasgow Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk Brown has tea on Weymouth quay, in Dorset Photograph: Geoff Moore/Rex Features Photograph: Geoff Moore/guardian.co.uk Police officers monitor Gordon Brown on CCTV as he approaches the Oldham event control room Photograph: Richard Pohle/The Times/PA Photograph: Richard Pohle/The Times/guardian.co.uk Gordon Brown speaks to Gillian Duffy in Rochdale. He was caught on microphone describing her as a 'bigoted woman' Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: David Fisher/guardian.co.uk Gordon Brown leaves the Rochdale home of Gillian Duffy after apologising to the 65-year-old Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk Meanwhile... Labour MP Harriet Harman builds sand castles at the Woodside Children's Centre in Dudley Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Photograph: Christopher Furlong/guardian.co.uk John Prescott chats to shoppers as he campaigns in Dudley Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Photograph: Christopher Furlong/guardian.co.uk Labour party supporters wearing T-shirts during the launch of a new campaign poster in Birmingham Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Leon Neal/guardian.co.uk Gordon and Sarah Brown visit the Thompson friction welding factory in Halesowen Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman, at a party poster launch in Birmingham Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk Gordon Brown and Tessa Jowell campaign on the streets of South London Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Ben Stansall/guardian.co.uk Gordon Brown speaks to a Sunday congregation at the Church of the New Testament in Streatham Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Gordon Brown with his wife Sarah leave the Church of the New Testament in Streatham Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk Conservatives (in date order) : A worker puts up a Conservative election poster showing the Tory leader, David Cameron, in Manchester Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Photograph: Phil Noble/guardian.co.uk Cameron adjusts his jacket after leaving his Jaguar to board his election battlebus for a visit to Romsey Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk Cameron is confronted by a father in London Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Photograph: Andy Rain/guardian.co.uk George Osborne puts on his jacket as he arrives at the workshop of Squires Gear & Engineering in Coventry Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Photograph: Christopher Furlong/guardian.co.uk Cameron at Bury market, Greater Manchester Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk Cameron plays table tennis in the Bolton Lads & Girls club, Lancashire Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Cameron talks to staff at a Coca Cola plant during a visit to Wakefield, West Yorkshire Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Luke Macgregor/guardian.co.uk David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, arrive at Euston train station Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images Photograph: WPA Pool/guardian.co.uk Cameron is given a teddy bear on his visit to the Children's hospital in Birmingham Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Getty Images Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk The Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, meets pupils at Western Springs Community Primary School in Rugeley, Staffordshire Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/guardian.co.uk David Cameron meets the two day-old twins Tabitha and Bo London at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk David Cameron and his wife Samantha in Newquay Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Carl De Souza/guardian.co.uk