Parties out and about with voters in Scotland

Voters go to the polls to vote on a new UK government on 6 May

Key politicians are meeting voters in Scotland in the last weekend of campaigning before the UK election.

Former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown will be campaigning in key target seats in Edinburgh and Galashiels.

Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray will be knocking doors in Prestonpans, while his party is sending campaign postcards to voters in "swing seats".

Scots Tory leader Annabel Goldie is going on a key seat tour and SNP deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon is in Glasgow.

She was unveiling a poster detailing the party's priorities at the Glasgow Fort shopping centre in Easterhouse.

'Most important'

"For voters in Scotland this election is about who will champion and protect Scotland's interests," she said.

"The last five days of this campaign is not about the air offensive on our TV screens but about the ground campaign in constituencies across the country."

Meanwhile, Ms Goldie set off in a convoy of three Minis - one red, one white and one blue - to support candidates in the party's target seats.

"I've been to all the Conservative target seats during this British general election and I am confident we can win all across Scotland," she said.

"This is the most important British general election for a generation and the momentum is with the Conservatives."

'What change'

After meeting voters in Prestonpans, Mr Gray said: "Over the next few days Labour will be all over Scotland, fighting for every vote.

"A week from now, either David Cameron will be Prime Minister or Gordon Brown will be Prime Minister - and we can't afford to have the Tories back."

The former Lib Dem leader, Lord Ashdown, was in the target seat Edinburgh South as well as Galashiels, a Borders constituency that his party is defending.

When asked about the choice facing voters, he said: "I think Labour are now out of it. Britain's decided in the last three weeks that they do want change.

"The next five days are about deciding what change they want."

Charles Kennedy, another former Lib Dem leader, joined Danny Alexander to campaign in Inverness from a restored MacBrayne's bus.

He said: "It's been an exciting campaign in the Highlands."