Electioncast: Will Another Week Of Starmer Drama Impact The Elections?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Today, Adam, Alex, James and Felicity look at the latest stories from the UK elections campaign trail.
Why are public services at the top of the campaign agenda?
What will it mean for Westminster if nationalist parties sweep the board?
And why is Eluned Morgan explaining how to vote for her though the medium of canned cocktails?
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| 0:27.5 | Hello, we've got another episode of election cast for you, which means it's another |
| 0:31.4 | outing for Remote a Voter. |
| 0:33.8 | This is where we hear from you, why you cannot vote in person in either England, Scotland or Wales on the 7th of May. |
| 0:40.4 | Eleanor in Scotland says, I've got an entry for a voter voter. |
| 0:43.7 | It's the most boring reason possible. |
| 0:45.6 | Let's see. |
| 0:46.7 | But rural voters need representation in this. |
| 0:49.5 | I post a vote at every election because I live in a large rural constituency. |
| 0:53.9 | And the polling station is at the other end of the in a large rural constituency and the polling station |
| 0:54.6 | is at the other end of the ward. Our house is on the ward boundary, so we're as far as it's |
| 0:59.9 | possible to be from the polling station. Therefore, we post a vote to avoid a long trip on polling day. |
| 1:07.1 | And we've had this one from somebody who has not shared their name. They say my remoter voter submission is this. |
| 1:13.0 | I will be in Greece with a group of around 100 quizzers |
| 1:16.6 | or an annual event known as Greek Geekweek. |
| 1:20.6 | We will be spending a week or so playing various quiz formats |
| 1:23.9 | such as buzzer quizzing, written papers, |
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