Summary
As the row over Boris Johnson's flat continues, celebrity interior designer Celia Sawyer says her vision for Downing Street would be "much smarter" than the "chaotic" designs shown in news reports.
And Professor Sir John Curtice joins us for an election briefing.
Today's Newscast was made by Editor Dino Sofos, with Cristina Criddle, Maz Ebtehaj, Ben Cooper, Jack Fenwick and Georgia Coan.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | What's your favorite meme? |
| 0:06.0 | Oh, I'm a bit old for all that, I don't. |
| 0:09.4 | Oh, there's some good political ones. |
| 0:14.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:15.0 | Featuring you, but we'll not go there. |
| 0:17.0 | No, let's not do that. |
| 0:18.0 | Chris, do you have a favorite meme? |
| 0:19.0 | Well, I quite like, I mean I know it's used a lot, but that one of the couple walking down the street with the |
| 0:25.2 | bloke. Oh yeah. Oh yes. |
| 0:29.1 | And didn't Matt Hancock have the same shirt as the guy the other day there? |
| 0:32.4 | Oh, I don't. Oh, he did as memes collide when memes collide. |
| 0:37.8 | When memes go bad. |
| 0:39.0 | Yeah, I think one of my favorite ones is the is John Curtis on TV one yes heroic and |
| 0:44.2 | memes have collided tonight on newscast because John Curtis is on TV on newscast |
| 0:49.0 | hello professor so John |
| 0:50.8 | you're not a big fan of that thing, are you? |
| 0:54.0 | I can tell. |
| 0:55.0 | Sorry. |
| 0:56.0 | No, no, I mean, I don't follow it. |
| 0:58.0 | I mean, it's all good fun, but you know. |
| 1:01.0 | Well, 11.9,000 people follow it, so John? |
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