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Getting pumped
After being criticised for appearing too laid back, Prime Minister David Cameron literally rolled up his shirt sleeves and showed some passion in the last 11 days of the campaign. "If I'm getting lively about it, it's because I feel bloody lively about it," the Conservative leader said.
"Brain fade"
A disastrous radio interview given by Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, where she left long periods of silence, was an early warning to politicians to know their briefs. She later said she had suffered a "brain fade" and admitted her failure had been "excruciating".
SNP posturing?
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has insisted her party's MPs would vote to keep Cameron out of office, but a leaked memo suggested she privately wanted him to stay. The memo said Sturgeon "confessed that she'd rather see David Cameron remain as PM [and didn't see Ed Miliband as PM material]".
Unbreakable
Miliband engraved his six key campaign pledges in a 2.5-metre stone monument as proof he would keep his promises - although the stunt soon descended into farce and was roundly mocked as his "Moses moment".
Leadership bluster
Mayor of London Boris Johnson, one of the stars of the Conservative party, was repeatedly asked if he would like to become leader if Cameron lost the election and was forced to stand down.
Reachin' out
Miliband slipped into Cockney tones when interviewed by comedian Russell Brand, whose rants against mainstream politics have made him a spokesman for disaffected youth. "Yeah, we've gotta deal with ... that is hard yards [difficult work] but you've gotta do it," Miliband said when asked about making multi-national corporations pay more tax.
Back-stabbing
Conservative defence minister Michael Fallon said Miliband was willing to "stab the United Kingdom in the back" to become prime minister, in reference to the prospect of a post-election Labour deal with the Scottish National Party.
West Ham or Aston Villa?
Cameron suggested his favourite football team was West Ham United, when he had previously said it was Aston Villa. Critics in the football-loving nation said this showed Cameron was not a real fan and only pretended to be to appear more a man of the people.
Dark room antics
Cameron urged voters to give his party a majority so he could deliver his manifesto, "rather than having it bartered away in a darkened room" during coalition negotiations.
Shaming UKIP
"You should be ashamed of yourself," Welsh nationalist leader Leanne Wood told UKIP leader Nigel Farage, after he suggested in a TV debate that HIV-positive migrants should be denied state-funded treatment in Britain.
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After being criticised for appearing too laid back, Prime Minister David Cameron literally rolled up his shirt sleeves and showed some passion in the last 11 days of the campaign. "If I'm getting lively about it, it's because I feel bloody lively about it," the Conservative leader said.
