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Sorry to disappoint you H, but Benjamin Zephaniah's probably going to be a bit quieter than the others.
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[Politics] The NSC 'up all night' election night *** OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD ***
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I actually think that if Brown had either lived in a time when TV and to a lesser extent social media, didn't exist, or had even a modicum of charisma, he would be thought of as one of the great politicians. Just my opinion obviously.
Yeah....forgot about that.
Presumably because Lenny didn't start an RIP thread for him.
Badly advised. But not advisable, I suspect. I saw a montage of his 'oh there's a camera, better smile' rictus performances once. After his demise. I suspect that TV companies actually stepped away from such mockery when he was PM because it would have been so....cruel.
I head Cameron eulogised today for making it law to recognise same sex marriage. He had no 'need' to do so and it reflected putting the nation before party. The bill was carried with a majority of Tory MPs voting against. Well done Dave. I have called him out of the Brexit fiasco many times but credit where it's due.
Let's see some more MPs putting people before party going forward. I expect Starmer to routinely piss off the hard left, and that bodes well as far as I am concerned. Today he said he is not going to support the creation of new grammar schools, but he is not interested in getting rid of the ones we have. Fine by me. But abolishing the chariddy status of private schools is also a commitment. Happy with that too. We are talking Eton, here, not specialist charity schools for kids with personalized needs. When accused of benefitting from being sent to a private school, instead of saying it was a state school when he started there (which is true), he laughed and said 'I was eleven. It wasn't my decision. And my kids go to (or went to) state schools'. Not everything can be or should be weaponized. Sunk will of course try, though.
ROSM
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It's official
Bbc coverage will be Clive myrie (yay) and Laura Kuenssberg (oh)
Jeremy Vine will be in Cardiff with his swingometer (why?)
John curtice will be on
Fiona Bruce, Naga Munchetty and Victoria Derbyshire will be at a count somewhere near you
Sophie Raworth will do the morning shift with John Kay
Rachel Burden and Nick Robinson will be doing radio 4 until the today programme
Bbc coverage will be Clive myrie (yay) and Laura Kuenssberg (oh)
Jeremy Vine will be in Cardiff with his swingometer (why?)
John curtice will be on
Fiona Bruce, Naga Munchetty and Victoria Derbyshire will be at a count somewhere near you
Sophie Raworth will do the morning shift with John Kay
Rachel Burden and Nick Robinson will be doing radio 4 until the today programme
Weststander
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As a normally non ITV person, they do it really well. Tom Bradby comes into his own, Peston is fantastic, with great guests (last time Alan Johnson for example).
A more personal touch.
Perhaps it's me, but I find the BBC coverage more soporific. Giggly Vine
A more personal touch.
Perhaps it's me, but I find the BBC coverage more soporific. Giggly Vine
ROSM
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I was thinking channel 4, sky or itv this time. Itv have had Balls and Osborne previously. Channel 4 have emily maitlis, krishnan guru murthy, cathy newman Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell and sky has sam Coates and Sophie ridgeAs a normally non ITV person, they do it really well. Tom Bradby comes into his own, Peston is fantastic, with great guests (last time Alan Johnson for example).
A more personal touch.
Perhaps it's me, but I find the BBC coverage more soporific. Giggly Vine
Although seeing laura having to announce a labour victory if it happens would be worth 7 hrs of pain
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Weststander
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(Covid hypocrites) Rigby & Burley, and smirky snide Coates …. yuck. By 2 years into Starmer’s term, mark my words, Rigby & Coates will be loathed by many Labour supporters who catch sight of Sky News … they’ll be relentless in looking for division, failures, resignations, lefties who hate moderate Labour.
Whilst Sophie, she’s lovely.
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
I see HWT as the Sir John Curtice of the forum...
...albeit I'd imagine El Pres likes to show off his impressive Swingometer.
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ARE WE HAVING NIBBLES OR JUST DRINKS?
Capitals as this is important shit, I have planning to do
Capitals as this is important shit, I have planning to do
Weststander
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No.
Not in the 1997 manifesto, he took £5b a year from private sector pensions, as a result the schemes became actuarially insufficient and the private sector closed their final salary schemes.
(With Major) he gave us £55b of infrastructure at a cost of £300b under PFI. Sauce: Guardian.
He gave us light touch FSA regulation of The City, leading to a boom and bust of the banking sector. In 2011 he admitted that had been a mistake.
happypig
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Never mind Christmas, Cadbury selection boxes are made for Election night.
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What order do you go in?
Like a good cheeseboard, the sequence of attack is absolutely key.
Half of me wants to watch it all. Other half would rather just ignore it and see the result in the morning.
I’ll be up on shift but we shall see..
I’ll be up on shift but we shall see..
Weststander
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My mind’s willing, but will be knackered on the night. I’ve never been a daytime napper so can’t get a snooze in on the Thursday in prep, nor crash on Friday daytime. Need to work out a caffeine or Amphet strategy.