They are two of the most controversial candidates in the British election and, by chance, they both tipped up in a run-down corner of Kent to canvass yesterday.

The neck-and-neck battle to be British prime minister turned increasingly nasty as both main party leaders seized on slip-ups by the other.

David Cameron has warned of more borrowing and taxes if Ed Miliband does a deal with the Scottish National Party to become Prime Minister.

David Cameron has signalled he will resist pressure to rethink his British general election tactics, after Ed Miliband said the hallmark of the Conservative campaign was “desperation”.

Tony Blair has warned of economic chaos if a Conservative victory at the general election next month leads to an in/out referendum on Britain’s EU membership.

With one tweet, Hopkins may have changed the course of the British general election.

“Am I tough enough? Hell yes I'm tough enough."