How will elections shape Britain in 2024?
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
2024 is set to be the biggest election year in history and countries with more than 4 billion people will be sending their citizens to the polls. And whether or not the UK government decides to hold a general election before January 2025, it will still be an incredibly decisive electoral year for the country.
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Rachel Cunliffe, associate political editor, and Ben Walker, senior data journalist, to discuss how elections will shape Britain in 2024.
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| 1:21.0 | And joining me in the studio, I have Rachel Cunliff our associate political |
| 1:24.2 | editor and joining us down the line I have Ben Walker our senior data journalist at the New |
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| 1:29.8 | 2024 is set to be the biggest election year in history, so we're going to concentrate a bit on the elections that are coming up. |
| 1:36.0 | Countries with more than 4 billion people will be sending their citizens to the polls, so a lot of people are going to be voting next year. |
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