Electioncast: Revisited
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look back at the big moments from the 2024 general election campaign.
Why did Rishi Sunak decide to hold the election in July? Why did his team decide to send him out into Downing Street in the rain? And looking back, were there any moments that could have changed the final exit poll?
Adam, Chris and Laura reminisce about covering the general election, tell us about their most memorable behind-the-scenes moments, and talk about the moments of the campaign they keep revisiting.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Merry Christmas. If you would like to ensure you never miss an episode of this podcast, you can subscribe to us on BBC Sounds. |
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| 0:16.3 | Hello, this year was dominated, I mean, in a good way, by the UK general election. |
| 0:22.5 | And we've got so many memories of just little moments, big moments, trends, things we've realized since that me, Chris and Laura wants to get together and just chew it all over one last time. |
| 0:35.0 | So for one more time this year, |
| 0:39.3 | let's have an episode of election cast. |
| 0:43.5 | Newscast. |
| 0:45.1 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:48.1 | Two cheeks of the same backside. |
| 0:50.2 | Well, I don't think I'm that bad at politics. |
| 0:52.8 | People do call me for short, Jenny Leck. |
| 0:55.1 | On reflection, it was a mistake not to stay longer. |
| 1:00.9 | We did it. Are you all watched the debate? Winning the popular vote was very nice. I don't think I'm being rude. Blimey. Hello, Laura. Hello. Hello. Or is that eggnog or mild wine? It's coffee. |
| 1:09.6 | It's white coffee. Yeah, sorry. Oh, coffee. Okay. Sorry. Hello. |
| 1:11.4 | Hi. Hi. Christmas. |
| 1:12.0 | Hey. Hi. Christmas. And hello, Chris. |
| 1:13.5 | Hi. Right. I thought we'd do a little trip down memory lane. |
| 1:17.9 | Although is the election of lane or is it like a sort of like chican-y. |
| 1:23.2 | Super highway. |
| 1:24.1 | Like a ski slalom. But first of all, we've done some statistical number crunching about our own podcast. |
| 1:29.7 | So we rebranded as election cast, as we do quite regularly over the last 10 years. |
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