Election Night 2005

Definitely. But his interviewing style is sometimes said to be rude...

My constituency still has not declared. It is really quite painful, it should've declared by now.

Oooh Lib Dem gain Cambridge.

The interviewee is George Galloway

5:20 Sky News moves their Forcast to a Labour Majority of 70

The Prime Minister has arrived and got off his "Air Force One"...

Well, to those who've stayed up - thanks for your company.
Off to bed for me now. Here's my final thought:

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I've been flicking through the three main coverers of the event (ie BBC, ITV and Sky), and these are my thoughts.

At the risk of upsetting the Sky-lovers here again, it's another case of fine coverage and analysis, but awful presentation and superfluous information.

I appreciate that some people will want that much information plastered all over their screens, but for me, it's far too much. How much of the screen was taken up with it?

The interactive service is particularly clunky and adds nothing to any understanding or analysis of the event (except for the helpful text which appears as part of the normal service anyway).

With so many talented journos (doing a fine job tonight), why oh why do Sky cheapen their message by presenting in the way they do?

The Sky News studio also looks quite cheap and tacky.

ITV News is half-way decent.too, but the revised 'Theatre of News' (which I normally like) looks poor. Thankfully, very little screen clutter.

The adverts are a huge distraction (as on Sky), but they have to pay for the coverage (or at least offset some of the cost) somehow.

In my opinion, the BBC coverage of the event was the best. The analysis and coverage of the counts was very good (although not spectacularly better than the others).

Pres-wise, I much prefered the BBC's far more understated approach with on-screen graphics. A simple counter showing the number of won seats and on-screen flashes giving results is really all that is required.

The BBC wins on all counts - pres-wise by a mile, and in terms of watchability and analysis by not so much.

The Vote 2005 on BBC One Scotland has been off air now...
You can now have a good sleep and I will take up then...
Waiting for Speical Edition of BBC Breakfast

Well, this has been a more technical, and harsh election night and campaign. The last election, still had the rural country pub feel to it, now its all viciousness, poison and cold.

Lets hope that next time round, there is a much more positive campaign, and lets hope that whoever gets into power, gets in because people like them, rather than choosing the least worse of a bad bunch.

For a rare chance...
Breakfast on Friday...
with Dermot and Natasha...

Hull was calling it "Y & Lincs".

Central's were sub-regional.