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Cameron warns over vote for Clegg | Cameron warns over vote for Clegg |
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David Cameron has said a vote for Nick Clegg could leave Britain "stuck" with Labour and only the Conservatives 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". |
Labour attacked the Tories over their economic policies and said the election was about a "choice of futures". | Labour attacked the Tories over their economic policies and said the election was about a "choice of futures". |
Gordon Brown said: "I believe we are in the futures business, but the Tories are in the risk business." | Gordon Brown said: "I believe we are in the futures 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. | 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: |
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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." |
The spirit of Dunkirk has gripped the nation. The country has found a politician it likes even more than Winston Churchill, according to one poll Read Nick Robinson's blog | The spirit of Dunkirk has gripped the nation. The country has found a politician it likes even more than Winston Churchill, according to one poll Read Nick Robinson's blog |
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 it says on the tin - it is a vote for the Liberal Democrats," he said. | |
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". | 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". |
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. He said when people looked more closely at their policies they would "think twice". | |
Labour was "asking for a majority" he said because they believed their manifesto was "the right one for Britain" and said the focus would switch from "style and presentation" to "substance". | |
But he focused his attack on the Conservatives - saying they would put the "fragile" economic recovery at risk. | |
And he said Mr Cameron's plan for a "big society means big cuts in public services. | |
"It's a risk for our mainstream public services that Britain cannot afford to take." |