[interestednovice]

Part of the appeal of general elections is the fact most the admin is done when you sleep and you can just get the result the next morning.

Indeed, for most only barely-interested, “normal” people.

For political geeks, the overnight coverage is part of the fun, democracy in action, and all that - broadcasters can probably afford to cover it every 5 years or so!

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With the majority of the council, mayoral and police & crime commissioner results expected tomorrow, surely it would make more sense to have the 'A' team of Laura K, Chris Mason, Reeta C and Prof John Curtis on all day tomorrow rather than overnight tonight?

Indeed, Clive just mentioned this on the News at Ten, after Laura did a teaser for the election programme. He described it as a “ top team”!