Electioncast: An Ele-Xmas Carol

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Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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So that’s it... campaigning is over! We hear what the party leaders got up to on the final day, Jeremy Vine quizzes Adam on the Labour and Conservative manifestos and we bring you an Ele-Xmas carol. Producers: Emma Close, Harriet Noble & Ione Wells Editor: Dino Sofos

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0:00.0	BBC songs, music, radio, podcasts.
0:03.7	Hello everyone.
0:05.0	As if it wasn't a big enough important enough time as it was,
0:09.2	it turns out Wednesday night is the last full moon of the decade,
0:16.2	which of course is a big deal to a certain community
0:19.3	when a film joins us now.
0:20.6	Who's there on the line?
0:21.8	Hi, I'm James J.
0:24.3	James Middleway.
0:25.4	I'm a druid, elder, in the order of parts,
0:28.1	sovates and druids, and I've been following the moon and the sun
0:32.2	and the stars for a few decades.
0:34.2	OK, so it's important to me anyway without the election,
0:38.3	but of course, it adds an extra dimension.
0:40.7	Yeah, what's so important about a full moon
0:43.2	and it being at this time of year
0:44.6	and it being the last one of the decade?
0:46.4	Well, you said that the full moon is tonight, and it is tonight,
0:50.1	but what's really interesting about this one
0:53.2	is it falls just after midnight into the 12th election day.
0:58.8	It's at 12 minutes, past 12, on the 12th month of the day,
1:03.8	the 12th month.
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