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2 days out – 8 in the morning, May 4th

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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* WATCH: Gordon Brown’s electrifying speech to CitizensUK yesterday.

* The Guardian says it was one of the “most passionate speeches he has ever given”.

* And Brown has made a new pitch to progressive voters in today’s Guardian.

* In an interview with the Independent, Peter Hain urges people to vote with their heads to keep the Tories out.

* In a letter to the Times, senior defence and intelligence chiefs have criticised Lib Dem plans as a “gamble”.

* Labour is to target 850,000 homes in 100 key marginals in an attempt to warn women of the danger of Tory plans for child tax credits.

* Sunder Katwala writes about the Tory plan to “pull the Queen into political controversy” in the event of a hung parliament.

* The Tories are reportedly raising funds for a possible second election within a year in the case of a hung parliament.

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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