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Start your engines: UK hopefuls burn rubber in final push before Thursday's election

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Liberal Democrats Party leader Nick Clegg, center, serves breakfast at a restaurant in Newquay, England, Tuesday May 5, 2015 as he embarks on a Land's End to John O'Groats election campaign marathon. Britain goes to the polls in a general election on Thursday May 7. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT (The Associated Press)

British Prime Minister, and leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, and his wife Samantha Cameron speak to members of the public as they walk around the Wells May Day Fete Monday May 4, 2015 in Bath, England. Campaigning is intensifying as the election enters it's last few days before voting begins on May 7, 2015. (Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron speaks at an election rally as London Mayor Boris Johnson, right, listens in Hendon in north London, Tuesday May 5, 2015. Britain will go to the polls in a national election on May 7. (Toby Melville, Pool Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

Britain's candidates are campaigning from Cornwall in southwestern England to the far northern reaches of Scotland in search of votes with the general election just two days away.

Polls suggest the race is extremely close and no clear trend has emerged. Many believe no party will win a majority, leading to a hung Parliament and a period of negotiations before a new government emerges.

Prime Minister David Cameron from the Conservatives and Labour Party leader Ed Miliband are virtually even in last-minute surveys despite weeks of intense campaigning.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who hopes to play kingmaker, plans a 1000-mile bus tour in the campaign's final days.

He said Tuesday there is no way Cameron or Miliband will gain a majority, leaving his party to provide stability.