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19/04/2010
'Clegg Vote Is Vote For Brown', Warn Tories
David Cameron has again warned voters that any votes cast for Nick Clegg could leave Labour in power.
The Tories claim Gordon Brown could lose the election but remain Prime Minister for five more years thanks to a Lib Dem surge inspired by last week's TV debate triumph for party leader, Nick Clegg.
Mr Cameron said the reaction to the debate showed people were "fed up with the status quo" and were "desperate" for change. Cameron says his "Big Society" idea is the only way to get "real change".
The Tory Leader is insisting he will 'redouble' his positive messages of change amid Conservative fears that the Lib Dem phenomenon could deprive the party of a Commons majority.
In a speech later, he will warn that a vote for the Liberal Democrats risks allowing Gordon Brown to 'limp on' in power.
"The only way to get change, the only way to get the job done, the only way to get leadership and make sure we don't carry on with Gordon Brown is a decisive Conservative victory," he will say.
But Mr Clegg, out on the campaign trail in Wales this morning, insisted: "A vote for the Liberal Democrats is exactly what it says on the tin. It is a vote for the Liberal Democrats.
"It is a vote for our policies on fairer taxes, on reforming schools, on a new approach to the economy and cleaning up politics. Nothing more, nothing less."
Labour has attacked the Tories over their economic policies and said the election was about a "choice of futures".
Brown said: "I believe we are in the future business, but the Tories are in the risk business."
(LB/BMcC)
The Tories claim Gordon Brown could lose the election but remain Prime Minister for five more years thanks to a Lib Dem surge inspired by last week's TV debate triumph for party leader, Nick Clegg.
Mr Cameron said the reaction to the debate showed people were "fed up with the status quo" and were "desperate" for change. Cameron says his "Big Society" idea is the only way to get "real change".
The Tory Leader is insisting he will 'redouble' his positive messages of change amid Conservative fears that the Lib Dem phenomenon could deprive the party of a Commons majority.
In a speech later, he will warn that a vote for the Liberal Democrats risks allowing Gordon Brown to 'limp on' in power.
"The only way to get change, the only way to get the job done, the only way to get leadership and make sure we don't carry on with Gordon Brown is a decisive Conservative victory," he will say.
But Mr Clegg, out on the campaign trail in Wales this morning, insisted: "A vote for the Liberal Democrats is exactly what it says on the tin. It is a vote for the Liberal Democrats.
"It is a vote for our policies on fairer taxes, on reforming schools, on a new approach to the economy and cleaning up politics. Nothing more, nothing less."
Labour has attacked the Tories over their economic policies and said the election was about a "choice of futures".
Brown said: "I believe we are in the future business, but the Tories are in the risk business."
(LB/BMcC)
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