Elections are wars of words - so what are the words the parties are choosing as ammunition? BBC News Online looks into the big three election manifestos for key phrases and facts. Now, the Liberal Democrats.
| Occurrences of words/phrases |
|
 |
| Environment/al |
78 |
| Britain/British |
66 |
| Public |
59 |
| Tax/es |
53 |
| Europe/an |
49 |
| Education/al |
48 |
| Police |
44 |
| Crime/s |
39 |
| Children |
29 |
| Community |
26 |
| Pollution |
20 |
| Society |
17 |
| Freedom, justice, honesty |
14 |
| Rural |
14 |
| Invest/ing |
14 |
| Green |
13 |
| Pensioner/s |
13 |
| Future |
13 |
| Families |
10 |
| Climate change |
8 |
|
Other key statistics:
Number of pages: 20
Cost: £1.50
Photographs of:
Charles Kennedy - 2
Policemen - 1
Policewomen - 1
Doctors - 1 (plus 2 nurses)
People from ethnic minorities - 4
Elderly people - 3
Union flag - 0.5
Farmers - 1
Sarah Gurling
(Mr Kennedy's partner) - 0
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