text: Ed Miliband made his first appearance on the campaign trail in three days this morning after going to ground over the Easter weekend. The Labour leader was out campaigning in Bristol this morning – his first public appearance since Saturday. While Mr Miliband decided to take the weekend off to spend time with his family – his political rivals wasted no opportunity to drum up support with just a month to go before polling day. Scroll down for video . Ed Miliband made his first appearance on the campaign trail in over 72 hours this morning after going to ground over the Easter weekend . While Mr Miliband decided to take the weekend off to spend time with his family – his political rivals wasted no opportunity to drum up support with just a month to go before polling day . After a low-key day campaigning in his constituency in Doncaster on Saturday, the Labour leader spent all of Sunday and Monday with his family . Labour election chiefs have reportedly calculated that it is better to keep a low profile outside of the live TV debates, where he can speak directly to voters. There have already been rumblings of discontent in the party over the amount of time Mr Miliband appears to be spending preparing for the debates. After a low-key day campaigning in his constituency in Doncaster on Saturday, the Labour leader spent all of Sunday and Monday with his family. At the same time, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage and Nicola Sturgeon was prominent on the campaign trail. The Prime Minister was pictured kissing an orphaned lamb on Easter Sunday, and he delivered a major speech on the economy on Bank Holiday Monday yesterday. Mr Clegg spent Easter Sunday with his family, but he made a series of campaign visits yesterday. David Cameron - greeted in Belfast by Tory minister Theresa Villiers - is on a whirlwind tour of the UK his wife Samantha  - visiting Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England . Mr Cameron, holding his wife's hand, visited the Titanic Studios in Belfast, where they saw the film sets for the TV drama Game of Thrones . The Prime Minister visited Edinburgh this morning - where he tucked into breakfast with Samantha . Both Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg recorded televised Easter messages, while the Labour Leader only posted a statement to Facebook. The Prime Minister has also ramped up his campaigning today – visiting constituencies in all four countries of the United Kingdom while Mr Miliband is appearing at an event in Bristol. A number of Labour MPs are concerned at Mr Miliband’s decision to appear in a third TV debate a week on Thursday. The showdown – dubbed the ‘Challengers Debate’ – will not feature the Prime Minister or his Mr Clegg, leaving the Labour leader open to attacks from the SNP, Plaid and the Greens. One MP said it was ‘madness’ for him to take part in the debate minor parties without the Tories and Lib Dems. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg works while traveling on a train to the north west of England while on the  campaign trail . Nigel Farage - who was campaigning in Kent yesterday - met workers at Bird and Yates car repairs during campaigning in Cannock in the Midlands today . First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon met with residents of Livingston, west Lothian . A Labour source told the Telegraph: ‘We understand that there are different views but we took a simple decision: the more people see a man with the energy, principles and the ideas to change Britain the better it is. ‘And the more opportunity we can have to speak directly with the public the better it is. ‘You can gameplay 100 different scenarios but if someone offers us 90 minutes of airtime to talk to the public, if he has a chance to talk to millions of people, we should take it.’ Mr Miliband this morning used his first campaign appearance since Saturday to launch a fresh attack on the Tory record on the NHS. The Labour leader said A&E waiting times had soared because the Government had failed to keep GP surgeries open at evenings and weekends. Addressing an audience in Bristol, he said: ‘The NHS cannot go forward if queues to see your GP are stretching backwards and I believe that Britain can do a lot better than people waiting day after day for basic healthcare. That's what our plan will do.’ While Ed Miliband went to ground yesterday, the Prime Minister hit the campaign trail - visiting supporters in Poole, Dorset . Ukip leader Nigel Farage was also out campaigning yesterday, on Bank Holiday Monday, visiting families in South Thanet, Kent . Mr Cameron meanwhile was on a whirlwind tour visiting all four nations of the UK in a day. He kicked off his aeroplane tour in Edinburgh, visiting the Scottish Widows headquarters for breakfast with wife Samantha. The Prime Minister chatted to staff about pension changes as he tucked into haggis, egg and fried bread, while Mrs Cameron had a bacon roll. He was later due to fly to Wales before addressing a rally of supporters in the south-west of England. Ahead of the 600-mile trip, Mr Cameron insisted he had a ‘simple message’. He said: ‘We have one month to save our economy from the disaster of an Ed Miliband government. ‘We have one month to save Britain from his mountain of debt; one month to save Britain from his punitive taxes; one month to save Britain, and British families, from his anti-business and anti-aspiration agenda.’ The premier said Britain had been put back on its feet over the past five years, adding all four parts of the UK were now growing.
target: Mr Miliband makes first appearance on the campaign trail in over 48 hours .
  Labour leader out campaigning in Bristol after going to ground over Easter .
  Cameron, Clegg, Farage and Sturgeon all campaigned over the weekend .
  The PM has today embarked on whirlwind tour of all four nations of the UK .