At the start of 'Breakfast' at 9am, they previewed that there would be weather updates and one of the weather team was stood outside waiting to do their forecast (in typical Breakfast style). Did they actually ever do any weather as I can't recall seeing any?
Yes, I saw at least one weather forecast with Alex Deakin on Westminster Bridge.
There's a local opt-out now on BBC One; the NC has gone to Louise Minchin in N6.
@Andrew - Alex Deakin did at least one that I saw.
@bbcsport from earlier - I agree: Laura Kuenssberg is a very good correspondent and most definately earned her place. I think having a deputy political editor, in James Lansdale, is worth it too.
At the start of 'Breakfast' at 9am, they previewed that there would be weather updates and one of the weather team was stood outside waiting to do their forecast (in typical Breakfast style). Did they actually ever do any weather as I can't recall seeing any?
Nope, none after 9am, did he do any before 9am?
Where's Laura Kuennsberg today?! Think we should be seeing more of her, only seen her once in Downing St before James Landale then Nick Robinson replacing her.
And by the way the new theme tune has really grown on me - love it now.
At the start of 'Breakfast' at 9am, they previewed that there would be weather updates and one of the weather team was stood outside waiting to do their forecast (in typical Breakfast style). Did they actually ever do any weather as I can't recall seeing any?
Nope, none after 9am, did he do any before 9am?
Where's Laura Kuennsberg today?! Think we should be seeing more of her, only seen her once in Downing St before James Landale then Nick Robinson replacing her.
And by the way the new theme tune has really grown on me - love it now.
Nope, Alex Deakin definitely did one at around 9.45am. And I'm pretty sure there was weather between 7am and 9am.
Laura Kuenssberg is still in Downing Street (she's just after ducking underneath Sky's camera); and she's currently on the phone to Louise Minchin on the News Channel.
Channel 4 News have put a live feed up from Downing Street, and got a bit of unintentional broadcast from James Mates and crew discussing Russell Grants predictions.
If Gordon Brown makes this speech before the regional news ends on BBC1, will they hurredly opt out of the regions or will the regions go to it themselves?
American Broadcaster CSPAN showing live coverage of BBC's Election coverage and NBC mentioned the election in the morning http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN3.aspx
Not much to add regarding the big three - ITV and Alastair Stewart especially had superb coverage and did as they promised - got in first with the results, and by the time I decided to call it a night (just before Cameron's result - I didn't want nightmares!) were a good 50 seats or so ahead of the BBC and Sky. It's a risky strategy, but one worth pursuing - no point in all channels offering the same. A shame they didn't schedule to be on air from 9.25am-2pm today, but they've been flexible and although This Morning could have been better, a break from coverage didn't do any real harm.
BBC's graphics were the worst I've ever seen - just hideous, though one thing I did like is how the "gain" graphics clearly indicated who they gained from. Sky's graphics on the other hand superb - think the vidi-printer idea was a very useful way to get info onto screen.
I stuck with C4 for most of their show, with the ads and Come Dine with Me seemingly well timed to switch to ITV at times. A good effort though from C4 - they got the balance just about right, though Charlie Brooker could have been used better. His "Election Wipe" recorded segments were basically the same things he highlighted in the "You have been Watching" show, and I think he'd have been put to better use providing analysis on the other channels coverage of the night itself, rather than campaign.
I do think though the coverage on all channels suffered by having the combined exit poll. Yes, the bigger sample provided a fairly reliable prediction - but having just the one poll meant they had nothing to compare it too, which made discussing it in the first hour rather dull. If we'd had two or three polls, whether or not they supported each other or one or two offered a different prospect, it would have made discussing the exit polls much more interesting.
And finally getting political, David Cameron showing what a weak and feeble leader he will be by sitting back and doing nothing, hoping others will make decisions for him. A strong leader would have been much more vocal this morning and be making the first moves.
Gordon Brown though doing himself no favours by holding out either - short term it might seem a good idea, but long term his better strategy is to give Cameron the keys knowing another election will be imminent - and after a few months of Cameron Labours chances can only improve - even if Gordon Brown is still leader. Indeed I think Labour might be best sticking with him as his greatest flaw is also his greatest asset - he's not just another Blair wannabe.
Also the idea of parties doing deals to fix future outcomes - if they were private companies, they'd be up in front of the Competition Commission!
- How are we supposed to know what's going on in the World of Politics. 