Election Countdown, Polls, And The People v Parliament

Morning Glory with Mike Graham

Matt Hall

News, News & Politics

4.4 • 741 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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We're having an election on the 12th of December and we've popped down to the Tent of Common Sense to celebrate. We're joined by Joe Twyman from Delta Poll, Alastair Campbell, Tory MP guy Opperman, and Mark Dolan. Plus, we speak to Yvette Williams MBE from Justice 4 Grenfell to find out what she makes of the inquiry report released today.

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0:39.4	Get up to the minute news flashes, instant reaction and expert analysis from some of the biggest names in Westminster.
0:45.6	What's next?
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0:47.2	Talk Radio, live from Westminster.
0:53.3	Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio,
0:57.2	coming to live once more from College Green in Westminster on the day after we finally got a break.
1:02.5	The People versus Parliament is now fully underway and we are going to the polls.
1:06.9	That's right.
1:07.6	Early evening yesterday it was decided in the House of Commons that Boris Johnson could indeed get his general election and it's going to be on October the 12th, the Thursday, not October the 9th, which is what the Lib Dems and the SNP wanted. They were all very concerned, of course, that Boris was going to try and slip in a no-deal Brexit tomorrow on Halloween. It'd be quite funny if he did, to be honest now, but I don't think that's going to happen. He has pledged to go all the way down to the wire. The election
1:32.7	period will begin next week. Campaining has already begun with news this morning for you
1:37.0	that Amber Rudd has announced that she will not be running for her seat which was very
1:41.0	very marginal indeed down in South East England in Hastings in Sussex.
1:45.1	We shall see what happens now with the Labour Party.
1:48.1	Jeremy Corbyn, of course, is saying how glad he is that we are finally going to the people.
1:52.6	And he can't wait to get out there on the stump and meet people door to door in every town,
1:57.5	in every village, in every part of the country.
2:00.0	Well, I think there are certain parts
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