Day One: Are the Tories having the worst ever start to an election campaign?

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

News, Government, Politics

4.3 • 179 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Boris Johnson has been to see the Queen, the election campaign is officially underway and this is our first episode - and there’s loads to talk about... Daniel and Shehab talk to Robert about how the Conservatives’ election campaign hasn’t got off to the best start, with resignations, apologies and criticism over their editing of campaign videos. Will the last 24 hours have any long-lasting impact? Labour will be looking to take advantage of the Tories' shaky start - what will be the key messages Jeremy Corbyn and his team be making over the next five weeks? We chat to our political correspondent Romilly Weeks who's on the road following the Labour campaign (and fresh from having her lunch in the back of a car - the glamour of covering an election campaign). Plus, after one of the ITV News politics team was mistaken for Boris Johnson’s partner Carrie Symonds at the Liberal Democrat launch yesterday, we ask Robert if he’s ever been mistaken for someone famous. Turns out he has quite a few lookalikes...

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0:42.7	Here we go. It's official. The Queen has been informed. She's given her blessing. The Calling
0:48.8	Peston podcast is underway. Welcome to episode one on day one of what is already an action-packed
0:55.6	2019 general election campaign. I'm Daniel Hewitt. He is Shehab Khan and today and every weekday
1:02.7	between now and election night will be joined by our political editor Robert Peston to answer
1:07.3	and analyze the crucial questions dominating and determining the debate of who should run this country.
1:13.6	On the day the Tories are set to launch their official campaign in the West Midlands.
1:17.6	Jeremy Corbyn is in Shropshire. The Liberal Democrats are in Watford and in Surrey.
1:23.6	The Brexit Party are in Workington. The Green Party have launched their campaign.
1:26.6	People are all over
1:27.9	the country ready to start the campaign, but no one has travelled further than my co-host, Daniel
1:33.8	Hewitt. Where were you literally hours ago? Nine hours ago, I was in New York because I, thanks
1:42.3	for bringing this up, by the way, I didn't expect that.
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