When the election was called, the foreign secretary was briefed against as a liability. Now he’s being called up as a charismatic safe-hands figure

Tom Watson sounded dangerously like Spinal Tap’s Marty DiBergi, while Jeremy Corbyn’s speech was more Katy Perry

ITV’s debate passed off as watchably as you might expect with a lineup polling collectively at 14% – and then, to the spin room

May and Hammond’s press conference revealed nothing new – except that their relationship is anything but strong and stable

Prime minister unleashes her robotic soundbites on factory workers at a Screwfix centre in Stoke

After eight weeks of Faragese and cross-party crack teams, campaigners made their final speeches with the PM being outclassed by his former enemy

David Mellor appears in Gucci loafers, while Grant Shapps and Boris Johnson’s dad perform a double act for the post-poll media circus

The party leaders were determined to keep well clear of the public, while the Sun waged cross-border war with itself. And where was Iain Duncan Smith?

The prime minister and London mayor embody the least convincing relationship of mutual reverence since that between Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho

PM declines to join Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband in hearing raw testimony from refugees and cleaners on minimum wage

BBC1 programme began with David Cameron waving the Liam Byrne note, now officially the most famous piece of paper since Neville Chamberlain got off the plane. A darkened room beckoned at the end

The Labour leader’s encounter with Brand is an attempt at a splashy news event at the end of an election campaign deliberately designed to swing it one way

Unlike the Westminster leaders, the SNP leader has walked endlessly among the voters, tweeted them back and appeared in their photos

For Miliband and Cameron there is no deadlier peril than meeting unscreened voters. Instead of political drama, we get speeches in empty barns

The party dreams of the day when the trade in polyester flags and Ukip tie pins is the primary driver of economic growth

You’d have thought the presence of Boris would finally embolden Cameron to risk a public walkabout, but perhaps he doesn’t care to be upstaged

The Liberal Democrats launched a manifesto twice as long as the other parties in a building where there weren’t enough seats. The metaphors come pre-prepared

It was hard not to be caught up in Cameron’s dream, but the effect of the parties’ linguistic battle is excruciating, and the electorate is reaching semantic satiation

Fearful of a Mrs Duffy moment, party leaders are taking every precaution to avoid an unscripted encounter with the unvetted public

If you’re in the audience at a campaign event, there may be times when you sense that the prime minister is talking over your head