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🗓️ 4 July 2024
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Election 24, Episode 32
It's Polling Day!
Soak up the final day of the election in style with one last tour of the campaign.
Today's candidates are:
Ian Murray, Labour, Edinburgh South
@IanMurrayMP
Tom Tugendhat, Conservative, Tonbridge
@TomTugendhat
Uma Kumaran, Labour, Stratford and Bow
@Uma_Kumaran
Andrew David Green, Independent, North West Essex
Alexandra Marsanu, Conservative, Manchester Rusholme
@alex_marsanu
https://www.alexandramarsanu.uk/
Tim Leaver, Labour, North West Norfolk
@TimLeaver4NWN
Just 517 to go... somehow...
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the special polling day edition of this election 24 series. |
0:17.3 | That's right, today is the day we all get to go out and vote unless you voted by post. |
0:21.6 | But if you haven't posted it yet, |
0:22.6 | you can walk it to a polling station. |
0:24.6 | Don't forget to take photo ID. |
0:26.5 | But my word, here we are. |
0:29.0 | Here we are. |
0:30.5 | And tomorrow, we will learn what government we have, what House of Commons we have, and how many of the people featured on this series will be taking their seats on the green benches. |
0:42.6 | Thanks to everyone who came on, |
0:44.3 | but the election isn't over yet. |
0:46.2 | And today in this polling day bumper edition, |
0:48.2 | six candidates. |
0:50.6 | Not the 500 odd I needed, but nevertheless at the start of today's show, 523 candidates remained and by the end, 517. |
1:01.0 | So I made a sizable dent in that 650 number and I will find a way to hit 650. |
1:07.0 | I really will. The other side of this election I'm going to figure something out, but my word, what a way to enjoy the election and today, |
1:15.0 | oh my word, some fantastic political talent, but please keep sharing it,, talking about it. |
1:23.2 | Obviously the show continues after the election and I will keep covering politics in this |
1:28.0 | ways I have done for many, many years. |
1:30.7 | But I think I'm going to try and just interview every MP before the next election and give myself a bit more time, but that will still mean a highly regular service. |
1:39.0 | But here we go. Six candidates today, all ends of into the country all different parties so let's start off in |
1:46.4 | Scotland in Edinburgh for a long time he was labour's only MP in Scotland which is an incredible thing to say and but let's |
1:55.0 | start off this battle bus one last leg around this election but the battle bus stays |
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