'LIVE EVENT BLOG' TALLY: DAY 8

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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. The Lib Dem manifesto launch gave them another boost, but it was Labour who triumphed again - just because it's them!
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Wed 14/4
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Labour - 31
Lib Dems - 27
Conservatives - 18
UKIP - 3
Independents - 2
Plaid Cymru - 1
Greens - 1
BNP - 1
Sinn Fein - 1
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Now for the running total for the whole campaign. How do things stand after 8 days?:
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Labour - 191
Conservatives - 135
Lib Dems - 127
UKIP - 20
Plaid Cymru - 14
SNP - 9
Greens - 6
Independents - 4
BNP - 2
DUP - 1
Communist Party - 1
Sinn Fein - 1
Socialist Labour - 1
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