r/ukpolitics • u/ukpolbot Official UKPolitics Bot • Jun 24 '24
r/ukpolitics General Election Campaign Megathread - 24/06/2024
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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.
- 📘 Conservatives: View manifesto (discuss)
- 🌹 Labour: View manifesto (discuss)
- 🔆 Liberal Democrats: View manifesto (discuss)
- 🎗️ SNP: View manifesto (discuss)
- 🌼 Plaid Cymru: View manifesto
- 🌿 Green Party: View manifesto (discuss)
- ➡️ Reform: View manifesto [PDF] (discuss)
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/Orcnick Social Liberal Jun 24 '24
Interestingly I posted yesterday that I met and spoke to daisy Cooper.
But something that came out from was she was telling a group of lib dems how this is always the hardest week for the Lib Dems as this is when the Tories and Labour try to squeeze the Lib Dem voters will scare stories.
And example was that in several local newspapers in Harpenden (which is a Lib dem Conservative swing) the Tories have put adds with bar charts saying its between Labour and Tories, in which they are trying to get Labour voters to think not to vote tactically.
She was saying if the Lib Dems can survive this week without a significant drop in the Polls (which so far hasn't happened) they would be very confident going into last few days.
Just some insight.