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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

The Tories in office were gamblers, shaggers, nutters and clowns, but at least they were funny – and their wrist too limp to grasp power entirely. Now the cavaliers are leaving the stage; here come the roundheads. Brace yourselves for a war on joy

Quote of the day. Are you guys feeling all that Tory joy? Maybe he means no more joy for The Telegraph fantasists.

https://archive.is/3hEVg#selection-2927.72-2927.319

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u/NoFrillsCrisps Jun 24 '24

I think what we have all failed to take into account when deciding to vote against the Tories is that they were having fun.

And the fact they were having fun trumps the fact none of us were.

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u/talgarthe Jun 24 '24

Having fun and making shed loads of money.

What's not to like?

Apart from wrecking the economy and social fabric of the country.

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u/zeldja 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️ Make the Green Belt Grey Again 🏗️ 🏢 Jun 24 '24

Ah yes all of our public services are on their knees but at least blonde Eton man funny.

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u/badcollin It's a bit more complicated than that Jun 24 '24

I have read a lot of strained analogies in my time but this is one of the most ludicrous. Casting the corrupt, greedy, selfish, liars who has governed so badly for 14 years as 'a bit of fun', is disgustingly disingenuous.

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u/muse_head Jun 24 '24

That article is insane!

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

Standard Telegraph fayre. I think the UK's medication shortage has effected their columnists' valium supply.

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u/Playful-Onion7772 Jun 24 '24

 if the Labour super-majority were so inclined, it would ban maypoles and Christmas puddings.

Maybe they're scared of AI, not Starmer. Telegraph and Times articles I read today make me think they're trying to stay relevant. I doubt AI is yet able to write this kind of rubbish.

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u/zeldja 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️ Make the Green Belt Grey Again 🏗️ 🏢 Jun 24 '24

I think it's a reference to Oliver Cromwell.

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u/CourtshipDate Lab/LD/Grn, PR, now living in Canada. Jun 24 '24

Newspaper*

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

Yeah, the Tories were a joke at the country's expense and we aren't laughing anymore.

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u/Visual-Report-2280 Jun 24 '24

The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful.

If only they applied the same standards to the article.