Too young to vote, perhaps, but not to trend. BBC News looks at #milifandom - and the #cameronettes are making their mark on the election campaign.

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Police are investigating after a UKIP candidate claimed he was threatened with beheading in a phone call from a member of the electorate.

David Robinson-Young says he was left "shaken" by the call, which came yesterday from a man calling himself Mr Khan and claimed to live in the South Gosforth area of Newcastle upon Tyne East .

After 20 minutes of "ranting", Mr Robinson-Young says he told the man he would end the call, before being told: "You will be beheaded next."

A Northumbria Police spokeswoman said: "The matter has been reported to the police and is being investigated."

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It is time for the early team of Alex Stevenson and Aiden James to head home after completing their "oh-my-goodness-it's-early" shift, and we offer you the parting suggestion that there’s been an odd theme to today: a general sense of politicians tiring at the rather prolonged, rather carefully-controlled campaign. Here’s a sleep-themed summary:

• - Concerns have been expressed about the campaign being too stage-managed – with Cathy Newman complaining minimising risk carries its own danger of “boring us all rigid” (10.36)
• - The Tories, in particular, are feeling “exhausted” by the sheer length of the campaign (12.45)
• - The three main parties tried their hardest to get the narrative away from speculation about what will happen in a hung parliament by focusing on the policies instead (6.55)
• - Ed Miliband once again tried to put to bed the idea that Labour would work with the SNP (13.49)
• - Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

This Election Live page won’t be going to sleep just yet, though – we’ll be keeping you updated on all the latest developments until midnight tonight with Dominic Howell and Andy McFarlane.

Boris Johnson, pressed about whether he would like to be leader of the Tories when David Cameron steps down, tells Sky: "It would be a wonderful thing to be thought to be in a position to be considered for such an honour."

Earlier today the two men got their hands dirty when they visited the Advantage Children's Day Nursery in Surbiton, Surrey.

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Exeter University student Charlie Evans tells the Telegraph, external why he started a rival to the #milifandom Ed Miliband fan club on Twitter.

The rival fan club, called the #cameronettes, is devoted to David Cameron.

The newspaper reports: "He later admitted it was a joke, but asked by the Telegraph why he decided to jump on the bandwagon he said he felt somebody needed to speak up against a left-wing takeover of Twitter."

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Boris Johnson is in Westminster explaining why he thinks the YouTube clip of Alex Salmond joking that he’ll be writing a Labour government’s Budget is significant.

“The SNP will say it’s a joke and a bit of fun, but there’s a deep truth contained in the joke,” the London mayor tells the BBC News Channel. “Ed Miliband hasn’t got a prayer of getting legislation through the House of Commons without the support of the SNP.

"There you’ve got Alex Salmond giving the game away, showing what’s going on in his mind which is that he knows full that if there is to be a Labour government… the SNP will be the Scottish nationalist tail wagging the Labour dog.”

Pressed on whether he can rule out a Conservative-UKIP deal, he says it’s his view that there shouldn’t be any deals – but he concedes he can’t speak for the Conservative Party. “I haven’t spoken to David Cameron,” he concedes.

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Well, the actor who played the wizard is, anyway. Sir Ian McKellen, following in the footsteps of fellow actors Martin Freeman and David Tennant, has endorsed a Labour government after the party launched its LGBT manifesto yesterday, saying:

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With the election just 15 days away, one parliamentary candidate has already put herself in the highest position - with her circus skills.

Liberal Democrat candidate Kelly-Marie Blundell has walked the tight rope with the Moscow State Circus, eight feet above the ground at Stoke Park in Guildford, Surrey.

"It was good to squeeze in some balancing practice between hustings," she said. "I should have had a red rosette on one side and a blue on the other."

Other candidates for the Guildford seat include Anne Milton for the Conservatives, John Pletts for the Greens, Richard Wilson for Labour and Harry Aldridge for UKIP. The full list is available here.

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Justine Miliband is reportedly "bemused" by the sudden outpouring of internet passion for her husband by teenage girls calling themselves the Milifandom, the Labour leader has revealed.

And Ed Miliband admitted he was "blushing" to read some of the comments from his new-found fans, protesting: "I wouldn't claim to be cool."

As explained in previous entries (see 12:29 BST and 15:06 BST) in the past couple of days, Twitter has been awash with messages marked with the hashtag #milifandom, declaring passion for the Labour leader in tones normally reserved for film stars or pop singers.

Mr Miliband's face has also been photoshopped onto images of Superman and James Bond, while a clip of him gazing into the camera to the tune of George Michael singing Careless Whisper racked up almost three million "loops" on video-sharing site Vine.

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The economy debate ends with some final pitches from the parties:

• The SNP’s Stewart Hosie says there’s no need for more cuts, and instead calls for spending a “modest amount” to lift the squeeze on medium-earners
• UKIP’s Patrick O’Flynn pledges to put the British people first by putting taxpayers’ money “back in their pockets”
• Conservative David Gauke says there’s a “clear choice” between his party’s plan and the “chaos of the SNP propping up Ed Miliband”
• Liberal Democrat Dick Newby says the discussion highlighted “stark differences” and it’s “only the Liberal Democrats” who will help eliminate the deficit and help bring about a “fairer society”
• Labour’s Chris Leslie says there’s a need to build “strong economic foundations” and emphasises that none of his party’s pledges involve additional borrowing

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Labour's Chris Leslie, questioned on his party's plans to introduce a mansion tax immediately, says he believes £1.2 billion can be raised from the policy - because the Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, says so. Mr Leslie admits he hasn't seen HMRC's analysis himself.

That prompts a pretty sceptical response from everyone else in the studio. "There's no way you can bring this in this year," Conservative Treasury Minister David Gauke says above the din.

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The Lib Dems’ record on consistency is questioned now, as Dick Newby says compromises are inevitable when you don’t have an overall majority. He suggests the same question should be put to both the Conservative and Labour parties, given they are unlikely to win full control of the Commons.

Robert Peston suggests to him that the Lib Dems’ plan to find £7 billion from tax avoidance and tax evasion measures is coming out of thin air. “We’ve generated billions from tax avoidance measures in this parliament,” Lord Newby says.

There is a rare moment of coalition solidarity in the campaign as Treasury minister David Gauke comes to his Lib Dem coalition partner's rescue, saying “there is still scope to take further action”.

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Stewart Hosie says the SNP is “very pleased” by the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ analysis released earlier that showed a £9bn "fiscal gap" by 2020. He says it also shows the deficit would have been halved by then.

Asked about the the SNP's reliance on oil revenues, Mr Hosie denies that falling prices are denting Scotland’s financial prospects. “Nobody expected the price to soften in the way it did,” the SNP's deputy leader says.

The other debate participants line up to criticise him. Conservative David Gauke says the SNP got it rather wrong, before Labour's Chris Leslie challenges the SNP to explain why it is seeking full fiscal autonomy. That won’t happen for years, Mr Hosie responds.

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Stewart Hosie responds to a video in which former SNP leader Alex Salmond says he will be "writing the Labour Party Budget" during the Daily Politics debate.

"I think he was having a bit of fun," the SNP Treasury spokesman says.

Labour's Chris Leslie says any suggestion that Alex Salmond would be writing a Labour Budget is "total nonsense".

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Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg - who is campaigning in south west England and Wales - warn that the Conservatives could seek to revive the idea of regional pay settlements for public sector workers.

He warns that the move could have taken £1.4 billion out of the economy in Wales.

Mr Clegg claims his party blocked the proposals which would have meant "public sector workers having their wages slashed".

Speaking at the Airbus plant in Bristol, Mr Clegg described regional pay as a "rotten idea".