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Election 2010

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IS
Inspector Sands
Stuart posted:

Indeed, and I wonder now under the 'Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011' whether we would be faced with the same issue as the USA, who constitutionally CANNOT move the appointment of a new President in January 2021 - the previous incumbent simply ceases to hold office on 20 January 2021. I think the role goes to the President of the Senate. Weird world scenarios.

Yes it could be a right pickle. They can postpone the election fairly easily as it takes a vote in the house... but both president and vice president lose their positions on 20th January no matter what happens. The next in line is Speaker of the House, currently Nancy Pelosi but her term ends in December.


The President of the Senate is next, though as 100 senate seats expire at the same time it might not be the current one

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52326166

Interesting times
Last edited by Inspector Sands on 8 May 2020 8:37am
SC
Schwing
Inspector Sands posted:
The President of the Senate is next, though as 100 senate seats expire at the same time it might not be the current one

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52326166

Interesting times


Only one third of the Senate - not 100 - is ever up for re-election at any one time. Chuck Grassley will remain President Pro Tempore unless the GOP lose seats and the Democrats gain a majority.
PH
Philheybrookbay
Amazing start. Blimey it shows how things have changed- how young does Theresa May look in the interview with Paxman! And Michael Gove...
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JA
Jarv
Thats an election studio!
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CM
cmthwtv
Wow a Hung Parliament! This could be a pain of a weekend Wink
BU
buster
Loved Bruce saying the exit poll was “high”. If memory serves me correctly they lose the feed entirely from that boat at one point.

Not sure why BBC Parliament need to tell us Subtitles are available throughout the entire broadcast in the top right corner
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NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Spotted Brucie alongside Ben Kingsley on the Election 2010 coverage. Not entirely sure why they were there, unless there's something I was missing?
OM
Omnipresent
Right from the first link you could see the boat was a mistake:



Last edited by Omnipresent on 8 May 2020 10:50am
JK
JKDerry
Bruce Forsyth was nearly always seen to be a conservative in his politics, similar to his friends such as Jimmy Tarbuck, Bob Monkhouses, Eric Morecambe. All very high earners in their business, and not fans of Labour, who wanted to keep the higher rates of income tax on them - under Callaghan it stood at 83% and so you can see why the attraction of the conservative party was very useful to Bruce and his celebrity friends at the time.
OM
Omnipresent
The 4:3 safe zone is very much in action on split screen shots.
JA
Jamesypoo
I'd forgotten just how shaky the Vine graphics were.
BH
BillyH Founding member
Paxman enters a new age by asking if Peter Mandelson’s “twittering”, which makes it the first mention of social media in a BBC general election coverage. Five years later and they’re giving live updates on a Twitter account called Paddy Ashdown’s Hat.

(unless there’s a mention of MSN Messenger in the Blair years that I missed)

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