Election 2010: Campaigning in pictures

A man argues with a campaigner carrying a banner calling for Independence for south London, as party supporters hold up their banners before Nick Clegg arrives for a campaigning stop in Streatham, London Photograph: Sang Tan/AP Photograph: Sang Tan/guardian.co.uk Liberal Democrat supporters wait for party leader Nick Clegg during a rally in Blackheath, south-east London Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/guardian.co.uk Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is watched by children as he speaks to the media during a visit to the Palace Project community centre in Streatham, south London Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Leon Neal/guardian.co.uk Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg poses for a photograph with Gurkha soldiers and their relatives during a campaign stop at Blackheath Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/guardian.co.uk Liberal Democrat party leader Nick Clegg waves from his campaign bus as he leaves Blackheath Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Carl Court/guardian.co.uk The prime minister Gordon Brown on the election campaign trail visiting Ipswich Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk A boy listens to the Gordon Brown during his speech on Labour's fight for fairness in Ipswich Photograph: Felipe Trueba/EPA Photograph: Felipe Trueba/guardian.co.uk The prime minister, Gordon Brown, greets Labour parliamentary candidate Angela Smith during a visit to Abby Couriers in Basildon Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters Photograph: Chris Radburn/guardian.co.uk Gordon Brown shares a plate of chips with businessman Duncan Bannatyne in a fish and chip shop in Great Yarmouth Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk Conservative party leader David Cameron runs along the seafront in Blackpool Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk Conservative party leader David Cameron is photographed by Jacob Renwick, seven, as he speaks at Chepstow Gardens and signs the 'Youth Contract' as part of a visit to Blackpool North and Cleveleys Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Samantha Cameron and Conservative party leader David Cameron on a private plane as they fly from Blackpool to London Photograph: Carl de Souza/Getty Images Photograph: Carl de Souza/guardian.co.uk