General election 2010: week two of the campaign

David Cameron and Gary Barlow of Take That during a visit to Brine Leas high school in Nantwich Photograph: Johnny Green/PA Photograph: Johnny Green/guardian.co.uk Gordon Brown and wife Sarah Brown arrive at Brighton station Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Gordon Brown during the leaders' election debate Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk Esther Rantzen looks at the road ahead in her car, as she campaigns as an independent candidate for Luton South Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Photograph: Chris Jackson/guardian.co.uk Peter Mandelson dances with ex-spiritual healer Hannah Mackenzie at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool Photograph: Graeme Robertson Photograph: guardian.co.uk Historian Tristram Hunt, parliamentary candidate for Labour, poses as he canvasses in Stoke on Trent – where he has faced criticism as he has no connections to the area. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Photograph: Christopher Furlong/guardian.co.uk SNP Leader Alex Salmond (right) and SNP candidate John Mason clean a shop window while on the campaign trail in Glasgow Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk Audience members listen as David Cameron delivers a speech during a rally at Philips high school in Bury Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk Liberal Democrat's leader Nick Clegg making a campaign visit to an Asda supermarket in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency Photograph: Christopher Thomond Photograph: guardian.co.uk Labour party officials hold the doors open as Gordon Brown and his wife walk with Sam Prince from the NHS during a visit to a health centre in Yeadon, near Leeds Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/guardian.co.uk The Ukip candidate for Buckingham, Nigel Farage, outside the party's office in the town Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA Photograph: Steve Parsons/guardian.co.uk Clegg launches the Liberal Democrat manifesto at the Bloomberg building in London Photograph: Daniel Deme/EPA Photograph: Daniel Deme/guardian.co.uk Nick Clegg smells recycled bubblegum during a visit to 2K Manufacturing in Luton, Bedfordshire Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Photograph: Chris Radburn/guardian.co.uk The former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown is interviewed by a TV crew as he campaigns with candidate Dan Rogerson in Rock, Cornwall Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk The shadow foreign secretary and former Conservative leader William Hague launches the Conservative manifesto in Bolton Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Photograph: Christopher Furlong/guardian.co.uk Samantha Cameron speaks with people eating lunch at the Surma community centre in north London during an election campaign visit Photograph: Chris Jackson/Reuters Photograph: Chris Jackson/guardian.co.uk Cameron and his wife greet supporters as they leave Battersea power station after the manifesto launch Photograph: Oli Scarff/Reuters Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk David Cameron addresses a campaign rally in Loughborough Photograph: Andrew Parsons/EPA Photograph: Andrew Parsons/guardian.co.uk The Respect MP George Galloway talks on a phone as he canvasses for votes in Poplar, east London Photograph: Jas Lehal/Reuters Photograph: Jas Lehal/guardian.co.uk Brown chats with Catheryne McKinley as he visits the home of her parents, Nancy and Les White, in Erewash, Derbyshire Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk Brown and the chancellor, Alistair Darling, visit a college in Derby Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/guardian.co.uk Brown stands with his cabinet as they hold copies of the manifesto Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/guardian.co.uk Brown gestures during the Labour manifesto launch Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters Photograph: Darren Staples/guardian.co.uk Brown launches the Labour manifesto watched by Lord Mandelson, Alistair Darling, Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband Photograph: Sean Smith Photograph: Sean Smith/guardian.co.uk Sarah Brown watches as her husband launches the Labour election manifesto at the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Edgbaston Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Leon Neal/guardian.co.uk Cable visits Cyrenians Cymru, a Swansea-based charity working with the homeless and disadvantaged Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk David Cameron, talks to employee Paul Whitehead during a visit to the Fuller's brewery in Chiswick, west London Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah visit the Converteam factory in Rugby Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Getty Images Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk The Labour party election campaign director Douglas Alexander (centre) talks to reporters on a visit to Rugby Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/guardian.co.uk