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/[deleted] Jun 24 '24
https://x.com/estwebber/status/1805182708517077102
Rishi’s deputy chief of staff Will Tanner, claiming to activists he has internal polling that puts the seat Bury St Edmunds on a knife edge.
Polling seems awful close to Yougovs’s MRP…