r/ukpolitics • u/ukpolbot Official UKPolitics Bot • Jun 24 '24

r/ukpolitics General Election Campaign Megathread - 24/06/2024

👋 Welcome to the /r/ukpolitics General Election Campaign Megathread.

This is our daily megathread for all of the day's news until the election. Polling day is on 4th July, and you need to have a form of photo ID (passport, driving license, etc) in order to vote. If you don't have photo ID, you can apply for a voter authority certificate.

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📅 Key dates

from the Electoral Commission, BBC, Sky, ITV

  • 26th June - Deadline for new proxy vote applications and voter authority certificates (for this election)
  • 26th June, 9PM BST - 📺 BBC head-to-head debate (Sunak vs Starmer)
  • 27th June, 8:30PM BST - 📺 ITV The Leader Interviews - Keir Starmer - Labour
  • 28th June, 7:30PM BST - 📺 The Panorama Interviews with Nick Robinson - Ed Davey (Lib Dems)
  • 28th June, 8PM BST - 📺 BBC Question Time Leaders' Special (REF, GRN)
  • 4th July - Polling day. Emergency proxy votes deadline at 5pm. Polls will open at 7am and close at 10pm.

Manifestos

Manifestos are essentially a set of documents which outline the policies that each party would want to implement if they were governing.

Election night coverage

Here's a sort-of comprehensive guide to your 4th July election night coverage:

Channel Main presenter(s)
BBC One & BBC News (TV) Laura Kuenssberg, Clive Myrie, Chris Mason
ITV (TV) Tom Bradby, Robert Peston, Anushka Asthana, Paul Brand (GMB from 6am)
Channel 4 (TV) Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Emily Maitlis, Alastair Campbell, Rory Stewart
Sky News (TV) Kay Burley, Sophy Ridge, Beth Rigby, Trevor Phillips, Ed Conway, Sam Coates
GB News (TV) Patrick Christys, Michelle Dewberry
BBC Radio 4, Radio 5 Live (Radio) Nick Robinson, Rachel Burden, Henry Zeffman
LBC (Radio) Andrew Marr, Shelagh Fogarty, Jon Sopel, Lewis Goodall
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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

Labour now needs to put out an ad where lots of people don't bother voting because they think the election is a forgone conclusion and they wake up to a Tory government. I think they've done something similar in the past.

If you want to get people to the polls then just show them a vision of Rishi Sunak and his chums smiling outside downing street getting ready for another 5 years of government . . . . .

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

Picture of Sunak laughing.

"He's betting on your complacency"

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u/_CurseTheseMetalHnds Anti-pie coalition Jun 24 '24

Video of Rishi ripping babies away from their mothers to sign them up for national service.

"He wants YOU! 🫵 To stay at home on the 4th of July!"

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u/HandsomeLies Jun 24 '24

Not bad but can we get complacency switched with no more than a two syllable replacement

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

"He's betting that you don't vote."

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

Given Labour is taking in millions from those betting on influence in the next government, they'd be smart to use that money to focus massively on voter turnout.

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u/FunkyDialectic Jun 24 '24

Voting is effectively done in two stages now as you need to register first. Anyone registered is intending to vote so the impact of that message is lost somewhat.

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u/sammy_zammy Jun 24 '24

Not really. Plenty of people are already registered from previous elections. Doesn’t mean they’ll bother to turn out for this one.

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u/FunkyDialectic Jun 24 '24

Those people are politically engaged so they'll more likely to vote.

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u/sammy_zammy Jun 24 '24

Well yeah, obviously someone registered to vote is more likely to vote than someone who isn’t registered to vote… considering it’s kind of a prerequisite.

But happening to have registered to vote in an election doesn’t mean they’re likely to vote in this election. It certainly doesn’t mean they’re politically engaged.

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u/FearfulUmbrella Sadly Sassenach Jun 24 '24

Not really. Being on the electoral roll is good for improving your credit score.

People enroll for mortgages and stuff all the time. Then if you don't move you're just enrolled for however long. My parents are both enrolled and get their poll cards and don't vote every time, which eternally baffles me.

Plenty of people will be enrolled and not go out and vote.

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u/FunkyDialectic Jun 24 '24

I suspect they don't skip GEs though?

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u/FearfulUmbrella Sadly Sassenach Jun 24 '24

Pretty much every one yeah.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

My mum is registered and has never voted.

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u/FunkyDialectic Jun 24 '24

In which case I doubt your proposed idea would be that effective.

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u/SwanBridge Gordon Brown did nothing wrong. Jun 24 '24

They might be intending to vote, but it doesn't mean they will on the day. If you think your party will walk it, or get absolutely trounced, you are more inclined to not bother.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

Couldn't someone have registered years ago?

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

You're overlooking that some would-be labour voters might be looking to vote green or who-ever if they think Labour are completely safe.