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Electioncast: A-Tom Bomb

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BBC

Politics, News

4.46.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The main news tonight is that the Speaker of the House Sir Lindsay Hoyle has recorded some jingles for Electioncast. Oh, and the Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson has resigned. We bring you the reaction to that and the Tory campaign launch in Birmingham.

Producers: Harriet Noble and Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.0

Yeah, it's the little BBC Sounds Advert, you hear before every podcast,

0:09.6

after every episode of Homes Under the Hammer on BBC One or whatever you're watching, but remixed by Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the new speaker of the House of Commons.

0:20.0

Do you want to hear it again?

0:21.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts.

0:25.0

I don't know why that tickles me so much.

0:28.0

Maybe because I've heard the original so many, many, many times.

0:30.0

Anyway, we have also got Sir Lindsay to record a few other key bits of Brexit cast content, which we will show you later and throughout the general election.

0:42.0

Anyway, here is today's election cast. Did I say

0:46.2

Brexit cast? I think I said Brexit cast. I'm still getting used to the fact that this is

0:49.7

election cast. Election cast from the BBC.

0:53.2

We are in this election because of Brexit.

0:56.4

We don't want to be thinking about African general election.

0:58.3

We want to be getting out and buying our Christmas presents.

1:00.4

If anyone comes up to you and says they know what's going to happen, cock an eyebrow,

1:05.0

smile politely and turn your back.

1:08.0

Yeah, hi everyone, it's about quarter past eight on Wednesday night, much later than normal,

1:11.6

that's because we were waiting for the Boris Johnson

1:14.4

rally, his first big event on the first day of campaigning. But then there was some breaking news.

1:20.0

Tom Watson, the deputy leader of the Labour Party, has announced that he's standing down as an MP and his Deputy Leader.

1:26.7

Tom Watson is gone.

1:28.8

Well, it's a very personal decision, not a political one.

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