François Bayrou, the centrist presidential candidate, warned of the "worrying state of France", and fragile social cohesion.
Dati, the centre-right candidate, warned that the election must not be "caricatured as a 'desperate housewives' contest".
The next day David Lammy, a supporter and prospective London mayoral candidate, warned that Labour did not yet look like a government-in-waiting.
One candidate warned that Labour needed to "change its language on banking" and "hug a banker" to build credibility in the City.
"Has any candidate warned that we have a personal responsibility to take better care of ourselves and our children?" he said.
But the Lib Dem leadership candidate warned: "Ministers need to pay households to install microgenerators and also invest in big schemes like the Severn Barrage which alone could generate 5% of our electricity needs".
BEIRUT, Lebanon — In an implicit rebuke to Iran's ruling elite, a conservative presidential candidate warned Sunday that the political and social rifts opened by the disputed June 12 vote and subsequent crackdown could lead to the nation's "disintegration" if they were not resolved soon.
In a newspaper column in the Mail on Sunday, the Conservative candidate warned that electing a Labor mayor "would mean aggressive socialism entering Britain through the back door".
