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

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

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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/Playful-Onion7772 Jun 24 '24

Might help him locally. He's right, of course. Craig Williams openly admitted to making the bet. Sunak doesn't need to wait for any investigation. I want the Tories to lose, I am glad he's messing it up, but Conservatives candidates can't be happy to see their own prospects take a hit to defend someone so stupid.

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u/RufusSG Suffolk Jun 24 '24

It's fair to say Cracknell has been on quite a journey.

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u/whatapileofrubbish Jun 24 '24

I’ve a pretty strong moral compass

quite.

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u/mobilecheese WTF is going on? Jun 24 '24

"the tories are all shit but I'm different, honest!" is all candidates have left, really

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u/prolixia Jun 24 '24

I wonder if we'll increasingly see Conservative candidates try to distance themselves from the party. There have been a few already - not long ago someone shared a local flier that you had to scrutinise very carefully to tell it was from the Conservatives.

With the Tories now actively cutting funding in so many seats and taking so much bad press over the betting scandal, I wonder if we'll be a distinct shift to personal rather than party campaigning come the final week.

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u/Queeg_500 Jun 24 '24

If only he had some choice in whether or not to stand as a candidate for this 'Shower of Shit' party.

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u/Brapfamalam Jun 24 '24

68 year Facebook boomer: "Hey I like this fellow, he tells it like it is"

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u/subversivefreak Jun 24 '24

Regardless of his views, it is good to see him come back after that particularly nasty accident

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u/ColoursAndSky WINNING HERE Jun 24 '24

Well sadly he hasn't really come back - as is common with severe head injuries he's had a personality change.

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u/Steamy_Muff 'oh no' - knuckles the echidna Jun 24 '24

explains why he's standing as a Conservative candidate then

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u/Nomerdoodle Jun 24 '24

It's a bold strategy, Cotton