EU Referendum

This is a tricky one. Percentages can be very misleading - especially considering in some areas, we're talking a percentage of a few thousand votes, whilst in others we're talking hundreds of thousands.

I sympathise with the argument that percentage totals may be more useful later on.

Although at this precise moment, I'd say there's a decent chance Escape to the Country will be on BBC Two.

This now appears to have been fixed.

The percentages on the BBC graphics have been switched on. I can sleep easy now.

Oh, wait. I just read the numbers...

Usually watch BBC coverage but preferring Sky's coverage this year. They're updating their results and showing more declarations than BBC.

Al Jazeera not showing the scheduled Witness documentary this hour and instead showing referendum coverage with Peter Dobbie in Doha.

Coverage on RT as well.

Special guests Lembit Opik and Jon Gaunt

They were on a roof by the Thames earlier:



I initially thought it was the Northern & Shell building, but you can see it from the background of this shot:

I have to admit Tom Bradby's presentation style is far better than I expected it to be. Last year it felt very flat with Bradby quite understated, perhaps bordering on dull, with none of the anticipation and excitement that Alastair brought to election night. But it's much more lively this time round and he's far, far better here than he normally is on News at Ten.

Also nice to see yet another appearance of ITN's ground floor during the Nina Hossain Twitter segments.

Dimbleby is all over the place, cutting off a two-way with the London count half way through to ask Theresa Villiers if she has a degree and if that matters how people vote. Whilst he was on the two-way to the London count, he managed to miss a declaration just behind the correspondent. Disappointing. It's turned into David's Opinion Time rather than a straight results programme.

Laura Kuenssberg taking his rambling points and turning them into sensible talking points, and adding some context.

I dipped into ITV for half an hour and found the presentation very good, and Tom Bradby is so much better just being natural and not reading one of his over-polished News at Time scripts. The STV bit was quite dry - 5 men in suits - but the facts were coming through nicely and a good summary of the Scottish position.

Sky actually live at some declarations, which is keeping things a bit more lively than the pundit-fest on the BBC. The live-updating results graphic that pops up alongside a declaration means it's handy to have on a second screen.

The BBC are absolutely blowing the coverage with too much pointless talking, too much Jeremy Vine with his pointless graphics (Which hide the important ones whilst he rambles on!) and then news updates that nobody really needs!

Been watching the BBC and CNN today, since that's all the choice I have. I really have liked the BBC thus far.