And they're off... what has the first day of the election campaign told us?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On the Sky News Daily Niall Paterson speaks to deputy political editor Sam Coates who is following the prime minister on his campaign trail around the UK, visiting four nations in two days. He also chats with chief political correspondent Jon Craig about the launch of Labour's campaign in Kent.
Plus, Sky's online campaign correspondent Tom Cheshire tells Niall why the parties are spending big money online and whether it could affect the election outcome.
Producers: Soila Apparicio, Emma Rae Woodhouse
Promotions Producer: Jada-Kai Meosa John
Editor: Wendy Parker
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| 1:02.1 | No, I'm afraid, it wasn't a dream. Rishi Sunak did call an election for July the 4th and six weeks, |
| 1:10.0 | six very long weeks of campaigning have begun in earnest. |
| 1:13.9 | I'm Neil Patterson and the Sky News Daily will be there for every twist and turn in the election |
| 1:19.4 | year. Later, we are going to dip our toes into the digital campaign to see how the parties |
| 1:25.6 | will try to take the lead in that increasingly crowded |
| 1:28.1 | space. But why don't we start with the two main political parties? Traveling with the Prime Minister |
| 1:34.0 | on the first full day of campaigning, our Deputy Political Editor Sam Cotes. Sam, tell me exactly |
| 1:38.8 | what has the Prime Minister been up to today? He's travelling the length and breadth, isn't he? |
| 1:43.3 | It's planes, trains and if not quite |
| 1:45.3 | automobiles, then rather fading coaches. Rishi Tunak is trying to, in the first 48 hours of this |
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