General election campaign 2010: in posters

In January, the Conservatives put out a poster featuring a large portrait of David Cameron and the words: 'We can't go on like this. I'll cut the deficit, not the NHS' Photograph: Conservative Party Photograph: guardian.co.uk A Conservative poster in Hereford defaced to make David Cameron look like Elvis Presley Photograph: NTI Media Ltd/Rex Features Photograph: NTI Media Ltd/guardian.co.uk An altered Conservative poster from mydavidcameron.com Photograph: mydavidcameron.com Photograph: guardian.co.uk A vandalised billboard poster in London. The Conservatives admitted that the image of the party leader had been slightly retouched Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk David Cameron at the launch of a poster campaign at Battersea power station, in London Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/guardian.co.uk An Of Course I'm Not Voting Tory poster from mydavidcameron.com Photograph: mydavidcameron.com Photograph: guardian.co.uk A Conservative poster campaign accusing Gordon Brown of failing to act in the British Airways dispute because the Unite union is 'bankrolling' the Labour party Photograph: Conservative party/PA Photograph: Conservative party/guardian.co.uk Conservative party posters are driven past Downing Street Photograph: Andrew Parsons/Conservative Party Photograph: Andrew Parsons/guardian.co.uk A Labour party poster contrasting Gordon Brown with David Cameron Photograph: Labour party Photograph: guardian.co.uk Step Outside Posh Boy, the Guardian's April fools day spoof poster Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Labour party's campaign depicting David Cameron as the TV detective Gene Hunt, designed to revive memories of 1980s social unrest and youth unemployment Photograph: Labour Party/PA Photograph: Labour Party/guardian.co.uk Fire up the Quattro, it's time for a change. The Conservatives put a positive spin on Labour's poster Photograph: Conservative party Photograph: guardian.co.uk The SNP's version of the Quattro poster Photograph: SNP Photograph: guardian.co.uk The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, unveils a poster implying that Labour will stamp on the green shoots of recovery if it remains in power Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk Nick Clegg (right), the Liberal Democrat leader, and Charles Kennedy MP stand by a poster as they officially launch the Lib Dem party's Scottish election campaign Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk A Conservative election campaign poster in the Calder Valley constituency Photograph: Christopher Thomond Photograph: guardian.co.uk Jim Murphy, the secretary of state for Scotland, and Iain Gray, Labour's Scottish leader, unveil a poster in Stirling Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk The Back a Champion poster from the SNP, released half an hour before the Labour party launched its poster in Stirling Photograph: SNP Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Conservative party launch four new posters featuring Gordon Brown as part of their general election campaign in Birmingham Photograph: Lawrence Looi/EPA Photograph: Lawrence Looi/guardian.co.uk Grafitti spraypainted onto a Conservative election poster on a roadside hoarding in Merseyside Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Photograph: Dave Thompson/guardian.co.uk Ukip's latest poster Photograph: UKIP/PA Photograph: UKIP/guardian.co.uk A Ukip poster on the side of a building in London Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk A Labour election poster Photograph: Labour press office Photograph: guardian.co.uk He was there for the banks, but not for you – a spoof response poster from ConservativeHome Photograph: conservativehome.blogs.com Photograph: guardian.co.uk Plaid Cymru's latest election campaign poster Photograph: Plaid Cymru/PA Photograph: Plaid Cymru/guardian.co.uk The Conservative party's latest general election campaign poster, Welcome to Manchester Photograph: Conservative Party/PA Photograph: Conservative Party/guardian.co.uk The Conservatives' campaign poster to reform the welfare system, one of a set of five posters on scrapping ID cards, funding cancer drugs, national service and restoring discipline in schools Photograph: Conservative Party/PA Photograph: Conservative Party/guardian.co.uk A spoof election campaign poster – I've never voted Liberal Democrat before but I like their plan to leave Britain undefended – using a Tory poster template Photograph: conservativehome.blogs.com Photograph: guardian.co.uk I ran back to Saatchi's – a spoof poster from mydavidcameron.com Photograph: Tom Freeman/mydavidcameron.com Photograph: Tom Freeman/guardian.co.uk The SNP's viral poster showing how all three main Westminster parties support spending billions on nuclear weapons Photograph: SNP press office Photograph: guardian.co.uk Both Labour and the Conservatives have used Little Britain characters in posters. The top poster was released during the second leaders' debate. The Tories then released their own Photograph: Labour party/Conservative party Photograph: guardian.co.uk