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Cameron warns over vote for Clegg Cameron warns over vote for Clegg
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David Cameron is warning a vote for Nick Clegg could see Britain being "stuck" with Labour - after a Lib Dem surge in opinion polls. David Cameron has warned a vote for Nick Clegg could see Britain being "stuck" with Labour - after a Lib Dem surge in opinion polls.
He will say people are "desperate" for change but only a "decisive" Tory win will stop Gordon Brown "limping on". He said people were "crying out" for change but only a "decisive" Tory win would bring "real change".
Mr Clegg said it was "tired" to claim a Lib Dem vote helped another party and voters could "move in a big way".Mr Clegg said it was "tired" to claim a Lib Dem vote helped another party and voters could "move in a big way".
For Labour Lord Mandelson warned a hung parliament might give "disproportionate power" to the Lib Dems.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 holding a Cobra emergency planning meeting.Meanwhile Gordon Brown has recalled cabinet ministers from the campaign to deal with the air crisis holding a Cobra emergency planning meeting.
In other election news on Monday:In other election news on Monday:
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.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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It 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.
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".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".
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.
A vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote for the Liberal Democrats... nothing more, nothing less Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader Poll watch: Latest data analysed Ministers mull flight chaos steps UK election at-a-glance: 19 April A vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote for the Liberal Democrats... nothing more, nothing less Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader Poll watch: Latest data analysed Ministers mull flight chaos steps UK election at-a-glance: 19 April
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". In a speech in London Conservative leader Mr Cameron acknowledged that, after the TV debate, the election "has suddenly started to get a bit lively... something quite big has happened".
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." "There's a group of people that have taken centre stage at this election - that group of people are the British people."
But with predictions of a hung parliament, he will say only an outright Conservative victory will guarantee Labour do not get back in. But with predictions of a hung parliament, he said only an outright Conservative victory would bring "real change" and warned against "some sort of indecisive vote, haggling and negotiation".
"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 election was "all about change" but without a decisive Conservative victory "we could be stuck with what we have got now. Not just with the people, we have now, not just with the leader we have got now but stuck with the problems we have now."
"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."
Election 'fluidity'Election 'fluidity'
At a press conference in Cardiff on Monday morning, Mr Clegg said there was a "fluidity in this election which we haven't seen for perhaps a generation" and at only two other elections in the last 30 years had there been "the sense that people might move in a big way" - in 1983 and 1997.At a press conference in Cardiff on Monday morning, Mr Clegg said there was a "fluidity in this election which we haven't seen for perhaps a generation" and at only two other elections in the last 30 years had there been "the sense that people might move in a big way" - in 1983 and 1997.
"I can't predict what's going to happen. I'm acutely aware as everybody else is that polls go up, go down, there's volatility - all the rest of it. All I know it is that for the old anchors, the old patterns and the old established routines of elections, they are breaking down.""I can't predict what's going to happen. I'm acutely aware as everybody else is that polls go up, go down, there's volatility - all the rest of it. All I know it is that for the old anchors, the old patterns and the old established routines of elections, they are breaking down."
He 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 that was a "tired old claim".He 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 that was a "tired old claim".
"A vote for the Liberal Democrats is exactly what is says on the tin - it is a vote for the Liberal Democrats," he said."A vote for the Liberal Democrats is exactly what is says on the tin - it is a vote for the Liberal Democrats," he said.
My bet is that most people will not follow through on their current flirtation with Nick Lord MandelsonMy bet is that most people will not follow through on their current flirtation with Nick Lord Mandelson
"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.""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 general election campaign was "starting to come to life".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".
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."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."
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."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."