Labour Fights For Every Last Vote After Difficult Week

There's no doubt that Labour has had a very difficult week on the campaign trail.

Gordon Brown's unguarded remarks after meeting lifelong supporter Gillian Duffy in Rochdale really set the campaign alight.

There is no questioning the Prime Minister's regret and the sincerity of his apology to Mrs Duffy after the incident. I am bound to say that in age of 24 hour news coverage, where politicians' every move are recorded and dissected, the same thing could easily have happened to any one of those campaigning.

When David Cameron was confronted by the father angry about the how the educational needs of his disabled son were met, it is not impossible that he could have said something to his aides that he wouldn't have wanted broadcast once he'd got back into his car.

Mr Brown was unlucky that it was he who was caught in the act.  And because he is considered to be the under-dog in this election, the press and the media went for his jugular like vultures.  Once again, any discussion of policy was completely thrown out of the window.

The final Prime Ministerial Debate was probably not Brown's finest hour; he struck a particularly negative tone, choosing to mostly  attack the Tories and the Lib Dems and saying far less on positive things he would do if re-elected.

However, he has continued his relentless campaign of spreading Labour's message around the country.  And he will strive to win over every last vote right up to the very last minute.