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BBC Election Coverage, Now With Political Bloggers

Posted on May 1, 2008
Filed Under Politics |

Sitting up catching the start of the Results Coverage of the Local Council and London Mayoral elections on the BBC, and I have to say congratulations to whoever decided that inviting three of the UK Political Bloggers into the ’secondary’ studio would be a good idea, because it is. Those representing ‘us’ are…

While the main studio is the usual BBC holdout of Dimbley, three politicians, the political correspondent and the academic, over at City Hall the bloggers are being regarded as full commentators, rather than a sideshow to be giggled at. Good. More at the BBC Election Coverage page.

I’m still holding on my prediction that Dale will be on the full Question Time panel by the end of the year.

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3 Responses to “BBC Election Coverage, Now With Political Bloggers”

  1. Darren Foster on May 2nd, 2008 0:55

    I gotta say i agree with Dale being on question time by the end of the year. Great blogger and good over all commentator.

  2. Podnosh Blog » Archive » Twitter commentary on Birmingham City Council Live election streaming on May 2nd, 2008 2:05

    […] for the Tories who were the BBC’s election bloggers.  Even Ewan Spence managed a bit of the action. The BBC’s Emily Maitlis kept updating reports but no comments function and no trackback […]

  3. Iain Dale on May 2nd, 2008 7:31

    I hope you haven’t put money on that, Ewan!

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