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🗓️ 10 November 2022
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He was the 'Sultan of Swing' - the inventor of the swingometer and the father of modern election science.
Matt reflects on the career of psephologist Sir David Butler with his biographer and friend Michael Crick, professor Jane Green and election night legends Jeremy Vine, Peter Snow and David Dimbleby.
Plus columnists India Knight and James Marriott discuss whether nurses should ever go on strike, why older people are the new radicals, and whether prime ministers should take an oath of office.
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0:54.1 | Hello, this is the Red Box podcast. I'm Matt Charlie, coming up on today's episode. It's a |
1:01.9 | real treat today. We pay tribute to David Butler, who's died at the age of 98. He's basically |
1:07.7 | the man who invented the swingometer, really defined election science as we know it today. If you've |
1:13.6 | ever watched election night on TV or radio, it's basically all been shaped by David Butler. So |
1:19.7 | we've got a cracking tribute to him featuring Michael Crick, Jeremy Vine, Peter Snow, David |
1:25.1 | Dimmelbee and Jane Green. It's a treat. You've got to want to tell your friends. In fact, if you |
1:29.2 | want to watch some of them talk to me, we put up a lovely video with lots of archive on it. It's |
1:34.0 | on the Times of Radio YouTube channel as well. That's coming up in just a moment. Before that, |
1:38.7 | it's time for our guests. The colonists with night at the Marriott, |
1:42.4 | India Night and James Marriott, on Times Radio. |
1:46.8 | Oh, it's Thursday. Love it. So we can say good morning to India night. Good morning. |
1:50.7 | Good morning. And good morning to James Marriott. Good morning, James. Good morning. |
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