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7 April 2015
  • 7th April 2015: Pick of the campaign trail

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    SEDGEFIELD, ENGLAND - APRIL 07:  Former British Prime Minister and former Labour MP for Sedgefield, Tony Blair gives a speech to waiting party members ahead of a visit to the construction site for the new Hitachi Trains Europe factory on April 7, 2015 in Sedgefield, England. The visit came as part of Labour's campaign build up ahead of the General Election on May 7 which is predicted to be Britain's closest national election.  (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

    Tony Blair gives a speech on the importance of the EU

     

    SEDGEFIELD, ENGLAND - APRIL 07:  Cherie Blair, the wife of former British Prime Minister and former MP for Sedgefield, Tony Blair joins her husband as he visits the construction site for the new Hitachi Trains Europe factory as he returns to his old constituency on April 7, 2015 in Sedgefield, England. The visit came as part of Labour's campaign build up ahead of the General Election on May 7 which is predicted to be Britain's closest national election.  (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

    Cherie Blair joins her husband at Hitachi Trains Europe, Sedgefield

     

    BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 07:  Labour leader Ed Miliband conducts a workplace Q&A session at the NCC, National Composite Centre on April 7, 2015 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Britain goes to the polls for a general election on May 7.  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

    Ed Miliband holds a Q&A in National Composite Centre, Bristol

    STOURBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 07:  Chancellor George Osborne holds a cake declaring 'Vote Conservative May 7' with cafe staff Sue Watkins and Sharon Henderson (L) during a visit to the Red Cone Cafe and visitor attraction on April 7, 2015 in Stourbridge, United Kingdom. Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair has joined the election campaign and has warned that a Conservative referendum on the European Union is an 'Unacceptable Gamble'.  (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

    George Osborne holds a vote Conservative cake in Stourbridge

    Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has a sip of stout by his wife Samantha during a visit to Brains Brewery in Cardiff, Wales on April 7, 2015 while on the campaign trail. Britain holds a general election on May 7 in which Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives, senior partners in a coalition government since 2010, will seek enough support to govern alone. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kirsty Wigglesworth        (Photo credit should read KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/AFP/Getty Images)

    David Cameron sips stout in Cardiff, on his 4-point tour of Britain

     

    EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND -  APRIL 07: British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha eat breakfast during a visit to financial firm Scottish Widows on April 7, 2015 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Britain goes to the polls in a General Election on May 7. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

    The Camerons chow down on haggis and bacon breakfast early this morning in Edinburgh

     

    United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)  leader Nigel Farage meets workers at Bird and Yates car repairs during campaigning in the Midlands today on April 7, 2015 in Cannock, United Kingdom. As the election campaign moves into it's second week media reports have stated that former UKIP MEP Amjad Bashir has asked Nigel Farage to publicly withdraw a range of allegations he made in January.

    Nigel Farage arrives at Bird and Yates car repairs in the Midlands after cancelling his first stop due to fog

     

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7 April 2015