4th May, 2010, 8:26 am 2 days out – 8 in the morning, May 4th Alex Smith Share this article: 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 Smith 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. @alexsmith1982 View all articles by Alex Smith Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor – week ending 16th November 2025 Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your… LabourList Staff 16th November, 2025, 4:00 pm Comment ‘Bread, circuses, and polling errors: Are we truly measuring what matters?’ The most important part of the body politic is the stomach. The eyes can be distracted, the ears… Calum Weir 16th November, 2025, 10:00 am Comment ‘Smearing the membership is not the path to victory’ The BBC has once again found itself in the firing line this week after its editing of a… Ian Lavery 15th November, 2025, 9:00 am
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