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1 day out – 8 in the morning, May 5th

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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* Gordon Brown has discouraged people to vote tactically, and says “vote Labour”.

* Tony Blair has described the Lib Dems as “the old politics masquerading as the new”, and also says: vote Labour.

* In an interview on the campaign trail, Sarah Brown tells the Times that Gordon is a “romp-around Dad”.

* The momentum behind a last minute resurrection grew last night, says the Guardian…

* …As Gordon Brown delivered another powerful speech, listing some 50+ Labour achievements.

*Â Gary Younge writes: “As a young man Cameron looked out on the social carnage of pit closures and mass unemployment, looked at Margaret Thatcher’s government and thought, these are my people.”

*Â David Cameron cites Hammersmith and Fulham council as a ‘model’ of compassionate conservatism. So what can the actions of Tory councillors here tell us about how the party would behave in government?

*Â Remember 1983? A Cameron victory would be just as bad, writes Jonathan Freedland.

Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.

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