Archive for leaders tv debate
SNP ends legal challenge over election debate
The Press Gazette reports: The Scottish National Party has dropped its legal challenge against the BBC’s decision not to allow its leader Alex Salmond to appear in its televised debate in the run-up to the general election. A judicial review of the matter was scheduled to be heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. [...]
Ofcom rejects SNP/Plaid objection to TV debate
A message from Ofcom brought this news today:
Ofcom today announced it has not upheld complaints received from the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Plaid Cymru about The First Election Debate broadcast on ITV1 at 8.30pm on Thursday 15 April 2010. The political parties complained that the programme was not impartial and was also misleading.
The complaints were [...]
The technological impact no-one was expecting
I’ve often written about my scepticism of excited comments about 2010 being the first internet general election both because they miss how much at the organisational level has already been altered by the internet over the last two general elections and also because people looking at the internet’s impact on the external side of politics [...]
YouGov admit debate polling started whilst Nick Clegg was still speaking
YouGov have come in for a fair amount of flack online following last night’s instant debate poll for The Sun. Some of the criticism has been wrong or misplaced. Yes, one of their senior figures has Labour roots. But then one has Conservative roots and other staff support the Liberal Democrats. They’ve even done polling [...]
The good news for Clegg in the poll details
Overall the pattern of the debate polls is one of a close result: 3 polls make Clegg the winner, 2 make Cameron the winner. The political impact is more contentious: edging it in the majority of polls would, in any other circumstances be a triumph for Clegg – but was it enough given what happened [...]
Verdicts on the second TV leaders' debate
PR Week has a story today, including this comment from me: Lib Dem-supporting Mandate Communications head of digital Mark Pack said: ‘The debate and the post-debate polls have confirmed how the first TV debate has overturned the usual two-party political and media dynamics of UK election campaigns. For Nick Clegg and his party that’s a [...]
Sky TV debate: Nick Clegg's closing statement
One of the best 90 seconds of speaking I’ve heard from Nick Clegg, courtesy of last night’s Sky Leaders’ Debate:
Dear Benedict Brogan…
Hi Benedict,
Saw that you just wrote: “The snap polls gave the debate to Mr Cameron.”
That seems a bit odd given the actual poll results are:
YouGov and Populus – Cameron winner
ComRes, Angus Reid and ICM – Clegg winner
I can’t quite see how that tallies up with your statement?
Best wishes,
Mark
As if by magic (well, actually email) back [...]
Televised leaders debate: the technological winners
When I first wrote about the winners and losers from Thursday night’s TV debate between Brown, Cameron and Clegg I only briefly touched on technology: Winner – TV Loser – internet The TV audience peaked at just under 10m, far more than any online audience for a UK political event. TV kept on broadcasting whilst Facebook [...]
