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A-Z of the general election 2010
With the parties already trading political fire, Observer writers offer a guide to the people and issues that will decide who forms the next government

By Anushka Asthana, Jamie Doward, Euan Ferguson, Toby Helm and Vanessa Thorpe
The Observer, Sunday 4 April 2010

Observer

Secret tape reveals Tory backing for ban on gays
• B&Bs 'should have right to bar gays'
• Exclusion would violate law – Labour
Observer

Prove you deserve to win, Mr Cameron
Frank Luntz timesonline

David Cameron: hung parliament 'damaging' for Britain
David Cameron has warned that a hung parliament would be ''damaging'' for Britain as he insisted it was "do-able" for the Tories to win the election outright Telegraph

'George Osborne's tax cut is a gimmick and a sad joke'


By David Blanchflower, Professor of Economics and former member of the Bank of England's Monetary.
Mirror

Every voice counts! IoS launches call to the ballot box
There is – quite understandably – widespread disenchantment with our politicians. But that makes exercising our franchise more, not less, important

By Jane Merrick, Brian Brady and Jonathan Owen
Independent

I'm glad to miss this orgy of electoral dishonesty
For the first time I feel barely a flicker of election fever. Unlike the clashes of old, Cameron v Brown inspires only revulsion
Guardian

Party leaders off and running in race for No 10
By Daniel Bentley

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Independent

General election 2010: 'Why is Gordon Brown coming to see the Queen? Is he in trouble for something?'
Only the British can combine a monarch, a prime minister, an election and a 775-room palace and create an occasion with all the pomp-soaked drama of a man clocking out of a car park Guardian

Tax and spending dominate final pre-poll PMQs
By Gavin Cordon, Press Association Independent

Leaders' wives audition for 1950s Britain
The 'secret weapons' are asked to tread between hot-button issues such as whether he cleans up when cooking Guardian

General election 2010: Julian Glover's interactive guide
Our polls guru and chief leader writer Julian Glover guides you through the stats that matter. Click on the links in in the top left of the graphic to navigate through the video Guardian

'Hang on lads, I've got a great idea': Michael Caine backs Cameron's plans for National Citizen Service for teenagers Mail