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If anything illustrates the acceleration of the news cycle in the digital age it's the tale of Ellie Gellard, the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones says. Just 24 hours ago she was an obscure 20-year-old Labour-supporting student, blogger and tweeter, albeit one who tweeted so frequently that you feared for her thumbs. Then she suddenly went quiet for 12 hours - only to emerge on the platform as the warm-up act at Labour's manifesto launch. Immediately the blogosphere swung into action, combing through her past online activity in the hope of finding something even vaguely disreputable or embarrassing. HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/" ID="9999" STYLE="LINK_Inline">Rory Cellan-Jones's blog Plaid's leader Ieuan Wyn Jones takes to the stage. Sporting a purple tie, by the way. He says this election is about cuts - or rather "the process of protecting the vulnerable" from them.
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