Electioncast: It's Over To You!

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BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Today we look at the last day on the campaign trail for all the parties before polls open at 7am on Thursday morning.

Adam, Chris, Paddy and Laura are reunited in the studio to discuss the final day of general election campaigning. The Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride conceded that Labour is likely to win a large majority, and the Sun has endorsed the Labour Party for the first time since 2005.

And the team give their big thoughts for the campaign.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gemma Roper and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Hello, well that's it, the last full day of campaigning in, why did I say campaigning in such a weird way there?
0:10.4	Maybe it's like I've been doing a six hour long episode of
0:12.8	newscast on BBC Sounds before I did this one. Anyway you get the picture. It's
0:17.2	the last day of campaigning in the UK general election of 2024, which means this is your last election cast from
0:26.8	newscast newscast from the BBC people do call me the short
0:31.4	Jenny what holding day will be on Thursday the 4th of July.
0:35.4	No way.
0:36.8	Thank God about town.
0:37.8	It's going to be a very long six weeks.
0:40.2	I was ringing my underpants out.
0:41.7	It's not the down extreme.
0:42.8	Campaigns can feel very long and you voters can be a volatile bunch.
0:47.6	Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio.
0:51.2	And then...
0:52.2	Flora in the newscast studio with you.
0:54.0	Aunt Patty in the news
0:55.1	studio opposite the both of you.
0:57.0	Yes, in the side-eye chair.
0:59.0	Yeah, the side-I-chair.
1:00.0	I call this the side-eye chair because I feel if I sit in this seat and I'm speaking to that person on my right, I have to sort of do a bit of side eye.
1:07.6	Well I know feel like I'm at a job interview, so be kind.
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