Today, Gordon Brown highlighted the choice voters face  at the ballot box this week on a visit to the East Midlands.

"But I also want to say explicitly to the people of the East Midlands that the BNP do not have the answer to any of these challenges facing Britain. Despite what they may claim to represent - they actually stand against  everything that makes this country great.

"There are some people who argue that Labour has somehow abandoned the white working class. Nothing could be further from the truth: I will never forget where   I've come from and the people and causes I came into politics to represent.

Earlier in the day the Prime Minister joined campaigners including Jason Isaacs, at the “Hope not Hate” vintage bus, an annual tour run by The Daily Mirror and Searchlight that campaigns against racism and celebrates diversity.