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Cameron warns over vote for Clegg Cameron warns over vote for Clegg
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David Cameron has warned a vote for Nick Clegg could leave Britain "stuck" with Labour and said only the Tories can bring "real change".David Cameron has warned a vote for Nick Clegg could leave Britain "stuck" with Labour and said only the Tories can bring "real change".
He said people were "fed up with the status quo" but without a decisive Tory win "fudge and division" was risked.He said people were "fed up with the status quo" but without a decisive Tory win "fudge and division" was risked.
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. Labour attacked the Tories over their economic policies and said the election was about a "choice of futures".
Meanwhile Gordon Brown has recalled cabinet ministers from the campaign to deal with the air crisis holding a Cobra emergency planning meeting. Gordon Brown said: "I believe we are in the future business, but the Tories are in the risk business."
He also 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.
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 BBC polling expert David Cowling says the margin of error makes it unclear whether the Lib Dems or Conservatives are in front.
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
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", people wanted "something different" and were "grabbing on to anything new to get change".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", people wanted "something different" and were "grabbing on to anything new to get change".
He said only an outright Conservative victory would bring "real change" while a hung parliament would lead to "uncertainty, fudge and division".He said only an outright Conservative victory would bring "real change" while a hung parliament would lead to "uncertainty, fudge and division".
He warned that, if the Conservatives do not win a decisive victory: "You could easily wake up on May 7 and find literally you are stuck with what you have got, you are stuck with Gordon Brown in Downing Street, you're stuck with a deficit, you are stuck with an economy that isn't moving and nothing has changed."He warned that, if the Conservatives do not win a decisive victory: "You could easily wake up on May 7 and find literally you are stuck with what you have got, you are stuck with Gordon Brown in Downing Street, you're stuck with a deficit, you are stuck with an economy that isn't moving and nothing has changed."
He said both Labour and the Lib Dems were wedded to "top down" government and the Conservatives' "big society" idea was the only "genuinely different" approach on the table.He said both Labour and the Lib Dems were wedded to "top down" government and the Conservatives' "big society" idea was the only "genuinely different" approach on the table.
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."
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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.
"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". Lord Mandelson has warned a hung parliament "may give disproportionate power to a small party" and make it hard to get laws, like anti-terrorism legislation, through.
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." Asked about Mr Clegg on Monday Mr Brown said he knew a bit about "what it is to have a short honeymoon" and said "I wish him well in it".
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." But he said while there was "common ground" between Labour and the Lib Dems on issues like political reform - there were differences on economic policy.
Labour was "asking for a majority" he said because they believed their manifesto was "the right one for Britain". He said as the debates continued the focus would switch from "style and presentation" to "substance", he said.