How a remarkable election night unfolded

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

Government, News, Politics

4.3 • 179 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Conservatives have won the election. But beyond that headline, it was a truly remarkable election night, with several shocks along the way - including long-held Labour seats turning blue and Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson losing her seat. Daniel and Shehab were in ITV's Election Newsroom as the drama unfolded - in this episode, they take you through the story of the night, and at the end of it all, get Robert's analysis of the result and what happens next. The election might be over but that's not the end of Calling Peston - this daily election podcast will become a weekly politics podcast. We'll be back soon, so stay subscribed and we'll keep you updated about new episodes. And thanks for being with us during the last five weeks. It's been quite the ride... Get in touch with the Calling Peston team - contact @DanielHewittITV, @ShehabKhan and @Peston. For the latest election news, go to itv.com/news and follow @ITVNewsPolitics on Twitter.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this special general election episode of Calling Peston.
0:04.5	The results are in and the Conservatives have secured a significant majority.
0:09.5	I'm Shihab Khan. I've been up all night as the results from around the country have poured in and there have been some shocking moments.
0:17.5	Here's the story of the night from the ITV election newsroom.
0:25.9	Hello, hello, hello and welcome to this very special episode of Calling Pest and it's
0:30.6	currently 9.34 p.m. We are bringing you this podcast from the ITV election newsroom, built and
0:36.5	furnished solely for tonight overnight
0:39.4	election result as ever joining me for the final time during this election campaign is she have
0:44.1	Khan hello a Lewis producer Lewis who hasn't got a microphone unbelievable and of course
0:50.3	Robert Peston who's somewhere in this room I felt I can see him is actually walking away from us
0:54.0	but we speak to Robert shortly if you can hear the background noise that's the Of course, Robert Peston, who's somewhere in this room. I can see him. He's actually walking away from us.
0:55.5	But we speak to Robert shortly.
0:59.8	If you can hear the background noise, that's the, what's the word?
1:00.3	Rehearsal.
1:03.8	That's the rehearsal for the show, which starts at 5 to 10.
1:04.8	She-Hab.
1:11.7	What are we going to be speaking about on this very special podcast. Well, the first thing we're going to be getting our teeth into is that exit poll. It's coming out at 10 o'clock.
1:12.2	On the dot. That's going to be a huge moment, not just for the podcast, but for the entire country.
1:15.9	Mainly for the podcast.
1:16.8	Mainly for the podcast.
1:18.0	Yeah.
1:18.4	That's why ITV are doing it.
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