Back on topic, there was one year when they did the local election programme from TC7.
This meant a bit of studio shuffling - after the Ten had finished in N6, Newsnight (in TC7) went to a long VT, after which Paxman appeared in N6 with the Newsnight graphics on the Barcos.
Actually, you need to go a bit further back in time for that, that would have been in the 80s, because the Newsnight production team would also be responsible for the Local Election coverage. The programmes would always have the Newsnight brand attached to them. That arrangement stopped with the 1991 local elections, if memory serves. There are clips on TV Ark's election coverage page.
No, in the eighties it is true that the local elections would often be Newsnight-branded, as would the by-elections, and I've got a couple of Radio Times from the early eighties where Newsnight is in two parts, with the main programme around 10.30 (when it didn't have a regular start time, of course), then a break and then they'd come back around half eleven for the results, all on BBC2.
But 1995 was the first year when Newsnight was on at 10pm for 45 minutes to avoid a clash with the local elections coverage on BBC1, and they did it the following year as well.
Liverpool and Salford are actually voting for Mayor's and I don't think they have even been mentioned on the national news?
Voting for a mayor's what?
As I said - they aren't as powerful and the candidates aren't well known
It's the first time Liverpool has ever had an elected mayor. Surely that's newsworthy enough to make the national news, regardless of the importance of the city or the popularity of the candidates?
Yes, the London mayor is more important (for all of us)
I live 200 miles away from London and I note you must live in Scotland. How exactly is the London mayor important to us?
I second that?
Does what the London Mayor affect what happens in your city, such as bus route franchises (which is only unique to Greater London), or the parking restrictions in your city/town centre, or how the police police in your area? The London Mayoral elections are just that - just for Greater London, and have no effect on people outside the area.
They have absolutely no affect on my life (other than who we'll get to see waving the flag at the Olympic ceremonies) but I'm more interested in this outcome than the Local council results in my area - mainly as we've had zero information about candidates from around here, and indeed my mother was pretty horrified when she went to vote and only saw Conservative and Lib Dem candidates on the ballot paper.
They have absolutely no affect on my life (other than who we'll get to see waving the flag at the Olympic ceremonies) but I'm more interested in this outcome than the Local council results in my area - mainly as we've had zero information about candidates from around here, and indeed my mother was pretty horrified when she went to vote and only saw Conservative and Lib Dem candidates on the ballot paper.
That's interesting - we've been bombarded this year. In terms of my constituency it's rock solid Labour, but my council ward has been Liberal Democrat for several years now. Usually only the LibDems bother to send newsletters and canvas at election time. This year, however, we've had more literature from the Labour candidate than LibDem... and nothing from the Tories. Hardly surprising, I'm surprised they even bother to field candidates round here. Labour even came round a few weeks ago to ask if we'd be supporting them in the election and we had a visit from a Labour person today to make sure we'd voted!
Liverpool and Salford are actually voting for Mayor's and I don't think they have even been mentioned on the national news?
Voting for a mayor's what?
As I said - they aren't as powerful and the candidates aren't well known
It's the first time Liverpool has ever had an elected mayor. Surely that's newsworthy enough to make the national news, regardless of the importance of the city or the popularity of the candidates?
Yes, the London mayor is more important (for all of us)
I live 200 miles away from London and I note you must live in Scotland. How exactly is the London mayor important to us?
I second that?
Does what the London Mayor affect what happens in your city, such as bus route franchises (which is only unique to Greater London), or the parking restrictions in your city/town centre, or how the police police in your area? The London Mayoral elections are just that - just for Greater London, and have no effect on people outside the area.
I was thinking of the mayor's power over the met. The met has some areas of power over all the whole UK, such as terroism, and I think (but may be wrong) transport police. Either way, the major's influence over policing does make a difference to all of us.
Liverpool and Salford are actually voting for Mayor's and I don't think they have even been mentioned on the national news?
Voting for a mayor's what?
As I said - they aren't as powerful and the candidates aren't well known
It's the first time Liverpool has ever had an elected mayor. Surely that's newsworthy enough to make the national news, regardless of the importance of the city or the popularity of the candidates?
Yes, the London mayor is more important (for all of us)
I live 200 miles away from London and I note you must live in Scotland. How exactly is the London mayor important to us?
I second that?
Does what the London Mayor affect what happens in your city, such as bus route franchises (which is only unique to Greater London), or the parking restrictions in your city/town centre, or how the police police in your area? The London Mayoral elections are just that - just for Greater London, and have no effect on people outside the area.
I was thinking of the mayor's power over the met. The met has some areas of power over all the whole UK, such as terroism, and I think (but may be wrong) transport police. Either way, the major's influence over policing does make a difference to all of us.
No it doesn't.
New Scotland Yard "works with" other regional police forces and MI5/6. The Met does not control it, as it is basically done through a suposedly independent body which overlooks the action of the Terrorist department. Its not the Met that crashes through the doors of a suspect in Greater Manchester, Lancashire or Merseyside - its the local Constabulary, through advise from the Terrorist unit.
Transport police is completely outside the remit of the London Mayor, except for what bye-laws are implemented in Greater London.
If it was the case that the Mayor of London has indirect control of our police forces, then I would want to make MY vote on who should be the Mayor, although I don't live in Greater London!
Guys without wanting to tread on any Mod toes, could we take the politics to Metropol and keep this thread for the presentation of the Election specials?
Why are the BBC using some knock off BBC News channel graphics? Why not just use the normal ones - the ones they're using at the moment look nastilly tacky.
However I like how the 'VOTE 2012' comes in from the side of the clock!
