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Manifesto reaction – 8 in the morning, April 13th

8am

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* The Times goes over the main details of Labour’s manifesto.

* Polly Toynbee writes: Blair plus? Hardly — this is a bold, persuasive manifesto.

* Steve Richards says Labour’s leadership has been liberated by the economic crisis.

* Speaking with Jeremy Paxman, Nick Clegg refused to rule out a coalition deal last night, saying if there is a hung parliament “politicians will need to speak to each other to give the reasoned, sane government that people deserve.”

* A leaked email from Tory Adele Douglas reveals the abuse she received from Conservatives for her northern accent.

* And John Harris says that “Cameron is a nobody in the north.”

* Three new polls last night all still point to a hung parliament.

* LabourList is in praise of Ellie Gellard.

Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.

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