Will you be voting tactically?

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

Politics, Government, News

4.3 • 179 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

With the Brexit Party not standing in Tory-held seats to avoid splitting the Brexit vote, and a Lib Dem candidate standing aside in a marginal seat to avoid splitting the Remain vote, it feels like tactical voting could play more of a role in this election than ever before - but will it make a significant difference to the outcome? We ask Robert about that, plus Labour's £26 billion NHS announcement - and get his take on another day where the Tory campaign was dominated by the floods, with Boris Johnson confronted by angry residents in South Yorkshire. Daniel and Shehab chat to Alastair Campbell, who knows all about confrontations between senior politicians and the public. He was communications director for Labour during the 2001 election campaign when deputy prime minister John Prescott punched a protester who threw an egg at him. He tells us what it was like at the heart of the campaign dealing with the fallout. And he exclusively tells us why he'll be backing ex-Tory minister David Gauke, who's standing as an independent the South West Hertfordshire seat he's held since 2005. It's all about tactical voting...

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0:42.7	Hello and welcome to what critics are already calling episode six of calling Peston, your daily
0:48.4	dose of election reflection. I'm Daniel Hewitt. That is my co-host Sheehab Khan. Hello. And as ever,
0:57.0	we'll be calling Robert Pestead for his take on where all this is heading. On the day that Boris Johnson is in Fish Lake in Doncaster, visiting those affected by the floods.
1:02.0	He received a far from warm reception.
1:04.0	Jeremy Corbyn is in Scotland where he was also heckled, while in London the party launched its plans for the NHS. And in a scene which is
1:12.2	typical of general election campaigning, Joe Swinson is in a boxing gym talking about youth funding.
1:18.6	Now also on today's podcast, we'll be speaking to the former Labour Director of Communications
1:22.6	Alistair Campbell, because she had. Today is day eight of this election campaign, right? Yeah. Bear with me. I'm bearing with you.
1:31.1	On this day in campaign history, i.e. on day eight of the 2001 general election, do you remember what happened?
1:38.7	I do remember happened, but please tell me. John Prescott punched a bloke. After getting eggs.
1:44.0	In the face. So we'll be talking to
1:45.7	Alistair Campbell, a shy retiring soul, you may remember, was Labor's Director of Communications
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