'LIVE EVENT BLOG' TALLY: DAY 22

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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. As you can see, Labour won by several miles. They got off to a flying start, then (after Bigotgate had got into its stride) they were quoted again and again and again, defending the oh-so-contrite, oh-so-hard-done-by Brown.
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Tues 27/4
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Labour - 36
Conservatives - 9
Lib Dems - 7
UKIP - 2
SNP - 1
Plaid Cymru - 1
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Now for the running total for the whole campaign. How do things stand after 22 days?
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Labour - 556
Conservatives - 430
Lib Dems - 353
SNP - 58
UKIP - 34
Plaid Cymru - 29
Greens - 23
BNP - 16
Independents - 4
DUP - 6
Independent Network - 2
Mebyon Kernow - 2
Monster Raving Loony - 1
Communist Party - 1
Sinn Fein - 1
Socialist Labour - 1
Liberal - 1
English Democrats - 1
Christian Party - 1
Christian Peoples Alliance - 1
Respect - 1