'LIVE EVENT BLOG' TALLY: DAY 17

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Here is yesterday's tally of the number of posts on the BBC's live election blog that report comments (direct/indirect quotations) from party politicians. Flipping heck! A landslide for the Conservatives!
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Thurs 23/4
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Conservatives - 29
Labour - 19
Lib Dems - 10
BNP - 7
Plaid Cymru - 3
SNP - 2
UKIP - 1
Greens - 1
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Now for the running total for the whole campaign. How do things stand after 17 days?:
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Labour - 438
Conservatives - 361
Lib Dems - 299
SNP - 43
UKIP - 30
Plaid Cymru - 25
Greens - 18
BNP - 15
Independents - 4
DUP - 4
Independent Network - 2
Monster Raving Loony - 1
Communist Party - 1
Sinn Fein - 1
Mebyon Kernow - 1
Socialist Labour - 1
Liberal - 1
English Democrats - 1
Christian Party - 1
Christian Peoples Alliance - 1