High-viz baby bingo

2:46 PM

Elections mean one thing: Politicians greeting babies and sporting high viz jackets.

Earlier today Ed Miliband was greeted by an adorable fan bearing Easter goodies. He rather botched the photo-op by failing to take the rice crispy cakes offered by 4-year-old Jennifer Talbott-Bagnall but she was cute enough to deflect the attention.

4 year old Jennifer Talbott-Bagnall gives Ed Miliband some Easter rice crispy cakes in Bury North. #GE2015 pic.twitter.com/oxCg2D2YZQ

— Carl Dinnen (@carldinnen) April 2, 2015

George Osborne, meanwhile, is playing it safe photographing some high viz at Pulman Steel in Yorkshire where he says they are “literally building the #NorthernPowerhouse”. Although he isn’t actually wearing one, so no full house yet.

Here @pulmansteel they're literally building the #NorthernPowerhouse– providing steel for new railways for the north pic.twitter.com/Y3DMqe6btM

— George Osborne (@George_Osborne) April 2, 2015