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David Cameron has reacted to the Lib Dem surge in the opinion polls by warning a vote for Nick Clegg could see the country being "stuck" with Labour. David Cameron is warning a vote for Nick Clegg could see Britain being "stuck" with Labour - after a Lib Dem surge in opinion polls.
In an interview with the Guardian, the Conservative leader said only his party could offer "decisive change". He will say people are "desperate" for change but only a "decisive" Tory win will stop Gordon Brown "limping on".
The latest YouGov poll suggests the Lib Dems are 1% ahead of the Tories on 33% with Labour in third place on 26%. Mr Clegg said it was a "tired old claim" that a vote for the Lib Dems was a vote for another party.
Mr Clegg said, at a campaign press conference in Cardiff, the election was "starting to come to life". For Labour Lord Mandelson warned a hung parliament might give "disproportionate power" to the Lib Dems.
Meanwhile Gordon Brown has recalled cabinet ministers from the campaign to deal with the air crisis - they will hold a Cobra emergency planning meeting at 0830 BST. Meanwhile Gordon Brown has recalled cabinet ministers from the campaign to deal with the air crisis holding a Cobra emergency planning meeting.
The latest YouGov poll for the Sun, carried out on Saturday and Sunday, suggests the Lib Dems are 1% ahead of the Tories on 33% with Labour in third place on 26% - which if repeated on 6 May would result in a hung Parliament.
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The YouGov daily poll, for the Sun newspaper, suggests the bounce Mr Clegg received after his widely-praised performance in Thursday's inaugural televised prime ministerial debate, is enduring. It suggests the bounce Mr Clegg received after his widely-praised performance in Thursday's inaugural televised prime ministerial debate, is enduring.
BBC polling expert David Cowling says the margin of error makes it unclear whether the Lib Dems or Conservatives are in front "but there is no doubt that Labour is third". But BBC polling expert David Cowling says the margin of error makes it unclear whether the Lib Dems or Conservatives are in front "but there is no doubt that Labour is third".
The poll, which was carried out on Saturday and Sunday, suggests that Britain is heading for a hung Parliament after the election on 6 May.
If the voting intention figures for this poll are put through the BBC's election seat calculator then, on a uniform swing, the Conservatives take 246 seats, Labour take 241, the Lib Dems 134 and other parties 29, says David Cowling.
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If there is no clear election winner, Mr Clegg has said he would work with the party which has the biggest "mandate" - although he has not made it clear whether that means the highest number of votes or seats, which could be different.If there is no clear election winner, Mr Clegg has said he would work with the party which has the biggest "mandate" - although he has not made it clear whether that means the highest number of votes or seats, which could be different.
In an interview with the Guardian, Mr Cameron, whose party at the turn of the year was averaging 40% in the polls, said he would ignore advice to attack Mr Clegg head-on in the run up to the next TV debate on Thursday. A vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote for the Liberal Democrats... nothing more, nothing less Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8626154.stm">Poll watch: Latest data analysed class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/8628605.stm">Ministers mull flight chaos steps class="" href="/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8628818.stm">UK election at-a-glance: 19 April
"My response to all this is to redouble the positive," he told the newspaper. Conservative leader Mr Cameron told the Guardian that anything other than a Conservative vote on 6 May risked leaving people "stuck with what you have got".
"I am sure plenty of other people will now scrutinise Liberal Democrat policies in huge detail and I am sure that is a very worthwhile thing to do. In a speech in London, he will say the TV debate has "really shaken things up": "I think what it shows is that our politics has hit such a low, that people are so desperate for something to change, that they are running towards anything that's different."
"But what I want to do in the remaining 18 days of this campaign is to make the case for a different prime minister for Britain, to make the case that if you want to solve the problems we have then it is decisive change we need, and all other options manifestly fail." But with predictions of a hung parliament, he will say only an outright Conservative victory will guarantee Labour do not get back in.
'Stuck' "The big question - the only question - when you enter the ballot box on May 6 is who can get the job done. Gordon Brown limping on can't do it. He's had 13 years and look at the mess he made.
He said the only way to guarantee "decisive change" on 6 May was to vote Conservative. "The only way to get change, the only way to get the job done, the only way to get leadership and make sure we don't carry on with Gordon Brown is a decisive Conservative victory."
"Anything else and you risk being stuck with what you have got," he told the newspaper. 'Tired old claim'
At a press conference in Cardiff on Monday morning, Mr Clegg said both Labour and the Conservatives were claiming a vote for the Lib Dems was a vote for the other party. He said parties always started "lashing out" with "wildly misleading" claims when they got "desperate". At a press conference in Cardiff on Monday morning, Mr Clegg said both Labour and the Conservatives were obviously going to "lash out" and claim a vote for the Lib Dems was a vote for another party.
But he said it appeared an "increasing number of people... seem to be open to the idea, in growing numbers, of doing something very different".
"To short-circuit that process and then repeat this tired old claim that a vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote for another party, misses, in my view, the blindingly obvious which says that a vote for the Liberal Democrats is exactly what is says on the tin - it is a vote for the Liberal Democrats.
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"A vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote for the Liberal Democrats... nothing more, nothing less," he said. "It is a vote for our policy on fairer taxes, on schools, on a new approach to the economy on cleaning up politics, nothing more, nothing less."
Introducing his party's plans for a "green jobs stimulus package" paid for by £3.1bn in cuts elsewhere, he said the "old tired choices" offered by Labour and the Conservatives did not have to be the "way we run politics in the future". Introducing his party's plans for a "green jobs stimulus package" paid for by £3.1bn in cuts elsewhere, he said the general election campaign was "starting to come to life".
"I think this general election campaign is starting to come to life for the simple reason that a growing number of people are starting to believe, starting to hope, that we can do something different this time," he said. On Sunday Gordon Brown said Lib Dem economic policies must be "exposed" and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson predicted: "My bet is that most people will not follow through on their current flirtation with Nick."
The Lib Dem leader turned his fire on Labour, saying he wanted to "bring our message of hope, of real change and real fairness to Wales" - a country he said had been "shamefully let down by Labour" who had "promised fairness" in 1997, 2001 and 2005. He warned: "A hung parliament may seem attractive to some but it may give disproportionate power to a small party holding the balance of power and bring its own danger. Important legislation, for example on fighting terrorism which the Lib Dems are likely to oppose, would be difficult to get through."
"So my message to the people of Wales is, don't let Labour let you down a fourth time. I believe the age of Labour dominance in Wales is now starting to come to an end."
On Sunday Gordon Brown said Lib Dem policies must be "exposed" adding: "Why do they want to cut child tax credits? I think that is unfair. Why do they want to cut child trust funds?" And Business Secretary Lord Mandelson predicted: "My bet is that most people will not follow through on their current flirtation with Nick."