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Nationwide tour for British leaders ahead of election
Nationwide
tour for British leaders ahead of election
London, May 5 British leaders have commenced a campaigning marathon ahead of the
May 7 general election, media reported on Tuesday.
Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister David Cameron is set to begin 36
hours of campaigning, Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg will launch a
"two-day dash", while Labour Party chief Ed Miliband is also
travelling across the country, BBC reported.
Opinion polls suggest the election is still too close to call, and in the final
days, the parties are focusing on their core messages.
Launching his tour, Clegg will reiterate that his party would not allow the
Labour and the Conservatives to "lurch off to the extremes of left or
right".
The main contenders of the 2015 general election apart from Cameron, Milband
and Clegg are: Scottish First Minister and Leader of Scottish National Party
(SNP) Nicola Sturgeon, UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, First
Minister of Northern Ireland and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Peter
Robinson.