Harry Hayfield
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Sept 25, 2016 19:32:47 GMT
As a general rule BBC Parliament likes to replay elections that are anniversaries of the year (for instance in 2016 we had the replay of the 1966 election held 50 years ago) so therefore it does take a massive genius to work out that next year 2017 we have a double header of the 1992 and the 1997 general elections (which I know will please a lot of Labour members on this board), so therefore I would like to formally start work on those two elections (starting off with 1992) to create a new set of graphics (via Powerpoint) which we can tweet as the election is replayed whenever the BBC do so. However there is one graphic that I could never hope to replicate and that is the monster that was the re-launched BBC swingometer  It was absolutely huge if I recall correctly as the pendulum itself needed three people to manhandle it and it was divided by region as well as swing needed to gain but I cannot work out how to do that in a form that would work on a live tweeting exercise and have come to the conclusion the only way would be to have a webpage that we can link to it having placed it a position so that it shows the national swing (as well as the seats changing hands) as the replay goes on, so is there anyone who feels up for that challenge (or is it a request too far?) |
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Post by AdminSTB on Sept 25, 2016 20:19:17 GMT
As a general rule BBC Parliament likes to replay elections that are anniversaries of the year (for instance in 2016 we had the replay of the 1966 election held 50 years ago) so therefore it does take a massive genius to work out that next year 2017 we have a double header of the 1992 and the 1997 general elections (which I know will please a lot of Labour members on this board), so therefore I would like to formally start work on those two elections (starting off with 1992) to create a new set of graphics (via Powerpoint) which we can tweet as the election is replayed whenever the BBC do so. However there is one graphic that I could never hope to replicate and that is the monster that was the re-launched BBC swingometer The 1987 election should be replayed also. It is a pity the swingometer was dropped in 1983 and 1987, despite approximately two thirds of Conservative MPs having the Alliance as their principal challengers in their constituencies. |
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Post by johnloony on Sept 25, 2016 21:38:36 GMT
As a general rule BBC Parliament likes to replay elections that are anniversaries of the year (for instance in 2016 we had the replay of the 1966 election held 50 years ago) so therefore it does take a massive genius to work out that next year 2017 we have a double header of the 1992 and the 1997 general elections (which I know will please a lot of Labour members on this board), so therefore I would like to formally start work on those two elections (starting off with 1992) to create a new set of graphics (via Powerpoint) which we can tweet as the election is replayed whenever the BBC do so. However there is one graphic that I could never hope to replicate and that is the monster that was the re-launched BBC swingometer It was absolutely huge if I recall correctly as the pendulum itself needed three people to manhandle it and it was divided by region as well as swing needed to gain but I cannot work out how to do that in a form that would work on a live tweeting exercise and have come to the conclusion the only way would be to have a webpage that we can link to it having placed it a position so that it shows the national swing (as well as the seats changing hands) as the replay goes on, so is there anyone who feels up for that challenge (or is it a request too far?) I think that you're making too much work for yourself. The effort of making all the individual swings and graphics would detract from the excitement and atmosphere of the results in their own time. You could ask australianswingvoter to do 600 individual results with bar charts and swings, all coloured in with crayon. |
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Harry Hayfield
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Sept 25, 2016 21:57:32 GMT
As a general rule BBC Parliament likes to replay elections that are anniversaries of the year (for instance in 2016 we had the replay of the 1966 election held 50 years ago) so therefore it does take a massive genius to work out that next year 2017 we have a double header of the 1992 and the 1997 general elections (which I know will please a lot of Labour members on this board), so therefore I would like to formally start work on those two elections (starting off with 1992) to create a new set of graphics (via Powerpoint) which we can tweet as the election is replayed whenever the BBC do so. However there is one graphic that I could never hope to replicate and that is the monster that was the re-launched BBC swingometer The 1987 election should be replayed also. It is a pity the swingometer was dropped in 1983 and 1987, despite approximately two thirds of Conservative MPs having the Alliance as their principal challengers in their constituencies. Which is precisely the reason it was dropped in both 83 and 87 (because it could only deal with a Con / Lab swing) not a Con / Alliance swing or a Lab / Alliance swing |
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Sept 28, 2016 8:00:03 GMT
So you built up my hopes of a replay, and nothing is actually happening............. There will be in 2017 (which is only three months away now) because (as has been noted) we have a triple header of 1987, 1992 and 1997 |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Sept 30, 2016 13:24:20 GMT
Incidentally, BBC Parliament's going to have a new look on Monday:
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Sept 30, 2016 21:19:24 GMT
Incidentally, BBC Parliament's going to have a new look on Monday: That's right, before the afternoon session of the Conservative conference |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Sept 30, 2016 21:29:40 GMT
That's right, before the afternoon session of the Conservative conference A later tweet clarified that it was a week on Monday - just before Parliament resumes. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 24, 2017 9:49:36 GMT
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Post by mondialito on Mar 24, 2017 11:25:35 GMT
Why isn't it on the 9th itself? I can get away with a lazy sunday in front of the TV then... |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 24, 2017 11:29:08 GMT
Why isn't it on the 9th itself? I can get away with a lazy sunday in front of the TV then... I guess because BBC Parliament has an arrangement with CSPAN to show three hours on Sunday - some of this is a live phone-in which takes international calls. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2017 17:12:56 GMT
Why isn't it on the 9th itself? I can get away with a lazy sunday in front of the TV then... You could watch it here when you have a spare 13 and a half hours:  |
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Post by mondialito on Mar 24, 2017 17:58:14 GMT
Why isn't it on the 9th itself? I can get away with a lazy sunday in front of the TV then... You could watch it here when you have a spare 13 and a half hours: But it's not the saaaame... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 10:48:19 GMT
Election '92 is on now.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 8, 2017 15:19:26 GMT
I'm so glad I didn't have to wear glasses in the early 90s
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 8, 2017 16:24:46 GMT
I'm so glad I didn't have to wear glasses in the early 90s My best mate at school in the early 1970s had to wear glasses, oh horror of horrors, how he hated them. |
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Post by johnloony on Apr 8, 2017 17:18:12 GMT
You could watch it here when you have a spare 13 and a half hours: Gosh, Bremner was an insufferable, trying-too-hard idiot even then. It wasn't his fault. It was the fault of the BBC to include him in what should have been a serious programme. |
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Post by carlton43 on Apr 8, 2017 17:27:27 GMT
It wasn't his fault. It was the fault of the BBC to include him in what should have been a serious programme. Isn't that the role of the Silly Party? ;-) Oh, and that trisyllabic pronunciation of Islwyn is really grating... Why? What should it be? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 21:29:51 GMT
I'm surprised Tommy Sheridan was able to speak to the BBC from prison.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 8, 2017 23:19:59 GMT
It wasn't his fault. It was the fault of the BBC to include him in what should have been a serious programme. Isn't that the role of the Silly Party? ;-) Oh, and that trisyllabic pronunciation of Islwyn is really grating... The answer to the 'problem' of English people mispronouncing the names of Welsh constituencies is to not give them silly unpronounceable names in the first place |
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