英语文摘：Party leaders in final push for votes on eve of British general election

LONDON, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The British general election campaign entered its final 24 hours on Wednesday with all the three main parties' leaders working hard to attract as many votes as possible before the polls open at 7:00 a.m. local time on Thursday.

The main opposition Conservative party has been ahead in the polls throughout the campaign, but despite five weeks of efforts it does not look to have attracted enough support to form a government under Britain's first-past-the-post electoral system.

Conservative leader David Cameron sought to portray himself and his party as strong, active and ready for government with a spell of 36 hours of campaigning that began on Tuesday night and saw him visit nightworkers, like bakers and fishermen, across the country.

Britain's Conservative Party leader David Cameron addresses his final campaign rally in Bristol, southwest England, May 5, 2010. The voting of the British general elections will start at 7 a.m. local time on Thursday.

One of Cameron's campaign stops on Wednesday was in Wales, where he told voters, "we can build a better, stronger, fairer country if we win that election on Thursday.

"If you want to wake up to a new Government on Friday, with its sleeves rolled up, cleaning up the mess that has been left in our country, then vote Conservative."

Earlier he had tried to reassure voters that his party had compassion, a quality some older voters believe the party lacks after its performance in power during the 1980s and 1990s.