Election 2010 daily guide: Tuesday 4 May

Published on Tuesday 4 May 2010 11:26

Our daily guide to all the news, analysis, polls and gaffes from the General Election campaign trail.

Reading room: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg with his Press Secretary study the morning papers before for a radio interview in London today. Picture: PA

CAMPAIGN DAYS REMAINING: 2

Scottish schedule . . .

Conservative leader David Cameron and his Liberal Democrat counterpart Nick Clegg will hit the campaign trail in Scotland today in a last-ditch attempt to woo the voters. Mr Cameron will make a campaign tour stop in Scotland, where he will team up with shadow Scottish secretary David Mundell.

Mr Clegg will also be heading north of the border, with the Lib Dem leader being quizzed by members of the public at a meeting in Glasgow this evening. Jo Swinson, the Lib Dem candidate for East Dunbartonshire, will join him at the event, and she said voters have a "real choice" when they go to cast their vote on Thursday "between the politics of hope and the politics of fear".

Meanwhile Labour's Hilary Benn, the UK Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary, is also visiting Glasgow this morning, and will be chatting to people in the west end of the city as they make their way to work.

And Alex Salmond will continue his whistle-stop tour of key constituencies, visiting Linlithgow, Falkirk and Glasgow East – which the SNP snatched from Labour in a dramatic by-election win almost two years ago. The First Minister will also take part in an "Ask Alex" event in Glasgow where he will answer questions directly from voters.

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