14-04-2024, 10:51 PM
Random question but thinking back to 1997 did 5News attempt any kind of election programme?
(14-04-2024, 10:07 PM)Andrew Wrote: Isn’t this suggestion that general elections are usually fixed dates that can be planned months in advance being overplayed?
Weren’t both the last two general elections called out of step with the the fixed term act, in those cases there wasn’t even an expectation there would be one at all
(14-04-2024, 11:28 PM)XIII Wrote: A January election IMO is a no go simply because no one wants to campaign over Christmas and it would lead to a very annoyed electorate and equally annoyed MPs.These days, I think most of the campaigning people take notice of is done through the media, so the time of year is irrelevant. Random people may stick leaflets through my door, but they go straight in the green bin. I also don't answer my front door to anyone unless I'm expecting them.
(15-04-2024, 02:28 AM)Stuart Wrote: These days, I think most of the campaigning people take notice of is done through the media, so the time of year is irrelevant. Random people may stick leaflets through my door, but they go straight in the green bin. I also don't answer my front door to anyone unless I'm expecting them.Yes but even though the bulk of campaigning happens via the media it would still require politicians to appear on the media over Christmas. It would also require everyone else involved to have to work over Xmas and the New Year too. The political programmes and journalists for TV don't operate over the festive period. Newsrooms are run on skeleton staff
(14-04-2024, 09:58 PM)Milkshake Wrote: The talk has reappeared of a June election. Again the broadcasters must have stuff in place already?Yes, listen to this about midway through
(15-04-2024, 07:18 AM)Stooky Bill Wrote: Yes but even though the bulk of campaigning happens via the media it would still require politicians to appear on the media over Christmas. It would also require everyone else involved to have to work over Xmas and the New Year too. The political programmes and journalists for TV don't operate over the festive period. Newsrooms are run on skeleton staffThe latter wouldn't be the government's problem to solve tho. I don't think it's likely but given how dire the outlook is for them, even compared to 97 when they at least had decent growth to point to, I'm not sure I see it as off the table.
(15-04-2024, 03:27 AM)RhysJR Wrote: Interesting this report from The Guardian, saying that there is a potential loophole in election rules that allows political advertising on streaming services (i.e. the ban only covers live TV like the TV Licence does with iPlayer). Most platforms (e.g. Netflix, Amazon, NOW) look to have ruled it out, but nothing definite yet from ITV X. YouTube is also another service that could have political ads during a campaign.
I would think it would be too late to do anything about it for the upcoming campaign(s), but would really hope the current ban on TV ads is made more comprehensive in future.
www.theguardian.com
(15-04-2024, 02:28 AM)Stuart Wrote: These days, I think most of the campaigning people take notice of is done through the media, so the time of year is irrelevant. Random people may stick leaflets through my door, but they go straight in the green bin. I also don't answer my front door to anyone unless I'm expecting them.
Most of the campaigning would be in January if they decided to run it down to the wire. Frankly, if you're an MP (of whatever flavour) with a seat on the gravy train, you're in no great hurry to bring your ride to a premature end.
28 January (a Tuesday) is the last possible date. There is no stipulation that GEs have to be on a Thursday, although they always have been since 1931. The reasoning was that the great unwashed got paid on Fridays, so would be too drunk to vote. They would be penniless and sober on Thursdays.
If they went for Thursday 23 January, that's still plenty of time for campaigning after New Year. I think people generally get tired of blanket coverage after a few weeks anyway. People still go to work in the middle of Winter, so nothing to stop them voting on the way home.