I mean Mandleson actually got promoted the next day, secretary of state for work and pensions I belive, in stark contrast to what Truss got the next day.
@@pennyawful861 He's so smart the dumb fuck shook hands with Corona patients and bumbled his way onto a ventilator in intensive care. de Pfeffel is the mentally-deficient inbred's idea of intelligence.
I remember visiting BBC Television Centre that summer 2001 and visiting TC1 where they broadcast the election coverage. It is a vast studio, and the BBC were lucky to have it for their election nights. It is huge, and trounces ITN. ITN in 1997 and 2001 knew this, and so used their atrium foyer at ITN for their studio to try and bring large scale view of their set.
John King BBC always gets the lion’s share of viewers. ITV always manage to come up with some exclusive, like being on the plane with the Blairs in 1997. The sort of night Corbyn will never see as leader.
@@colinbaker3916 Studio TC1 is a massive studio, but now the BBC use Elstree's Stage D, which is even bigger than TC1 so it makes their election nights seem huge, compared to ITV always squeezed into their virtual green screen Studio 1 of hell. You agree?
It was quite normal actually. Once the year 2000 hit we expected the future to arrive, so to speak. It's somewhat of a let down to look back now, almost two decades later, and none of it would look out of place today. Not much has progressed in 20 years.
@@dean1039 oh boy are you wrong, so much has changed, space exploration is far further along than ever before, medical treatments are further foward than ever before, the country realised the importance of mental health, wars have came and gone. Its a bias of the time, with everything in our faces all the time we dont realise how much has actually changed because its just everyday normalcy
A dull night but an historical curio given that it was the last pre-9/11 UK election. Tony Blair had been through a hell of a lot more by the time the next one rolled around...
Nearly a foreshadow, but he knows that Blair also wants to oust Saddam, an accurate prediction. Without the UK being involved in the Iraq war, he would've won 2005 better, maybe another landslide or a 400 seat landslide (though it is unlikely). The most accurate thing would be around 379. I don't know about 2010, maybe around 318.
Without Iraq, Blair would almost certainly have 'done a Thatcher' and won a triple figure third term majority. Beyond that it's difficult to know how Blair/Brown infighting and the global financial crash might have affected the chanced of a fourth term.
The overall outcome of this election was already decided on 1st May 1997. What was truly remarkable was that in four years the Tories couldn’t even manage onto the first step.
Shame the BBC could not use the 1979-1997 election theme for the 2001 coverage. The music was awful. King Arthur returned in 2005 for one last outing before the new version we have now was launched with the 2010 election.
John King The modern themes that the BBC have used have been okay to be honest. I wouldn’t want King Arthur to be used now though despite its greatness as it was meant for that 79-05 era.
@@denzel9086 I agree. I have had some Americans on the comments say how surprised they are at the "greatness" of the opening theme of the BBC elections compared to their US networks coverage of Presidential and Mid-Term elections. BBC always have that grander scale. Shame ITV never really bother. You agree?
Even as a 10 year old at the time, I barely even remember anything remarkable about this election. Labour may as well gone into government with no party opposition at the time. Too bad this was Tony Blair's last good year as leader though, he want sharply down hill after that IMO.
The only reason Blair won was because the opposition at the time, the Conservative party, backed the illegal invasion of Iraq, too. Voters weren't left with much of a choice.
@@jackriver1999 He also won because in 2005 Labour had presided over 8 years of economic growth, falling unemployment, lower crime rates and reduced hospital waiting lists as well as a huge school buildings repair programme.
@@kevinlongman007 I agree. But he alienated many voters on the left, myself included. My local Labour MP had voted for the Iraq War and I couldn't bring myself to vote for them. Things have changed now and I will be voting for Labour.
@@jackriver1999 Ah on the other hand while i think he should have waited for the UN decision on Iraq i voted for Labour in 2005 because Blair did a lot of good domestically. I have always voted Labour in General Elections even in 2017 but i won't be voting this time around as Labour is a shambles now.
It's interesting from the outset how different the 2001 BBC coverage felt in terms of its production. I wonder why they departed from their traditional approach.
goldy shark her chance of becoming prime minister is as likely as Boris walking into a room, saying “Fuck you losers, I’m quitting politics” and people would still try and vote for him because the Murdoch newspapers would say “back the ‘Fuck Politics With Boris’ campaign”.
That returning officer in Galloway (5:13:40) was fuming in 1997 when the Tory lost. Refused to give the figures until people stopped cheering. Here he is reveling in the Tory win, cheers and all. What a tw@t.
Interestingly the two Labour gains at that election, Ynys Môn and South Dorset are now held by the Conservatives, the latter (South Dorset) now being a safe seat again, plus two future Tory prime ministers in David Cameron and Boris Johnson first entered parliament and former chancellor George Osborne, notable Labour MPs who first entered parliament include the now mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and former foreign secretary David Miliband, interestingly the Tory candidate who stood against Blair in Sedgefield was UKIP defector Douglas Carswell, who entered parliament for the old seat of Harwich at the following election, of which most is now part of the seat of Clacton which is now a safe Conservative seat, the two Labour victors, Albert Owen stood down at the 2019 election, while Jim Knight, lost his seat to the current Conservative MP for South Dorset, Richard Drax in 2010 and is now a Labour peer
The Tories in 2001 were probably more useless and irrelevant that any of the 2 main parties have been in any election that I can recall, if that makes sense. They went into the election a million miles behind Labour on a lowly 165 seats, and ended it a million miles behind on a lowly 166 seats. Blair basically had zero opposition at the time. It was said as well that had the turnout been higher, the Tories might have actually lost seats. In 1997 the Tories were of course relevant as they were the sitting government about to be emphatically removed from power. In 2015 and 2019, Labour went in to those elections not that far behind the Tories in terms of seats, and there was talk about them potentially becoming the largest party in anti-Tory coalitions, although of course they ended up going backwards and suffering terrible defeats.
And now, with an election next year in 2024, Keir Starmer is in the same position as Hague was prior to 2001. For him to win he'll have to have either a Clement Attlee type gain in seats, or perform similar to Cameron in 2010.
Who would have thought that UKIP which polled such low numbers in 2001, would lead the country into leaving Europe just 15 Years later. No I did not vote leave but remain. My own family and close relations reflected the 2016 Referendum. Half of us voting leave the other half remain.
Francis 1971 : It is a shame that David and Jonathan 's famous father Richard Dimbleby died years before in 1965 of cancer before he had a chance to see his own two sons become famous tv broadcasters themselves.
American networks can certainly use a "swingometer" on election nights for U.S. House and Senate races to show viewers how many seats are won by which party.
The shocking thing about that particular election was the pitiful turnout. 26 million down from 31 million in 1997. The one we're about to have could be even lower given when it's taking place.
If the last 4 years have taught us anything it’s that though all things being equal ppl turning up to vote is better than them not, the conventional wisdom that poor turnout means ppl hate politicians has it backwards, with the boom in turnout lately we now see that low turnout means ppl are generally quite happy with their lives and politics and it’s when ppl are angry and politics is terrible that is what causes high turnout
Didn't really voted (Did voted for Blair in 97 which waa my 1st ever vote as well!!! )knew that Blair would win straight forward. Also as a side foot didn't watched it on TV as partying that night at a concert. Just switched on to see that Blair was back in and just got on with my day.
I have no memories of this election at all.. I was in my early 20's and had no interest in voting. I had voted Labour in 97 ( my first election) but the excitement of "New Labour" had not produced anything like the changes in society it promised. I did not vote again until 2010.
BBC Election 2001 programme came from the vast Studio TC1 at the BBC Television Centre in London. That studio still exists and is working today in 2021, along with Studios TC2 and TC3. Sadly the remaining five main studios were bulldozed down and transformed into apartments by 2017.
If anything it's more prescient then ever - tribalism has fallen off a cliff in British politics although not in a way that has helped larger discourse.
David Dimbleby really was scraping the bottom of the barrel by asking that question to Gordon Brown at 1:43:00 - what was David thinking? What the hell did he expect Gordon to say to that flippant question about Tony Blair remaining as Prime Minister.
Just like Brown you apparently misheard or ignored the whole question, which was asking would TB remain for "the WHOLE Parliament", as I believe there was already speculation about a Blair-Brown handover, which DID happen following the next election. Either way it's hardly an appalling question, lighten up.
Perhaps the most inconsequential GE of modern times. Labour comfortably won, but low turnout, no major political issues (pre 9/11 and Iraq, no Brexit) aside from the Foot and Mouth Crisis that summer Hague and Kennedy can't be dismissed as leaders but they couldn't match Teflon Tony 2005 was more significant as it was Labour's historic third GE win in a row There was nothing exceptional about the 2001 election
I'd love to see a uniform poll closing time in the United States for Presidential elections of 10 P.M. Eastern time (but Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, where everyone votes at 12:01 A.M. Eastern time, would still be allowed to close polls and report results once polls close). This way, we could see Lester Holt, Norah O'Donnell, and George Stephanopoulos dramatically announce the presidential election winner at 10 P.M. Eastern.
Wouldn’t work as many other states during 10PM eastern time would still be voting. Unless you waited until 10PM in Hawaii. Even then many places end up staying open further due to long lines in polling station queues.
My idea would be a 10 P.M. Eastern time closure of all polls. Some West Coast states could have polls open for a few hours on Monday evening, the day before the election.
So at 6:06:15 newly elected Conservative MP Boris Johnson makes his acceptance speech. Who would believe that 18 years later in 2019 Mr. Johnson would become UK Prime Minister ???
@jockadoobee True, I disagree with his political tactics very much even though I am partial to conservative thinking. His thinking however is too extreme for me.
Seeing politicians be popular, actually doing good work and the whole country being optimistic must be quite a novelty if you where born in the mid 2000's
I Waldron It was good to see a young likeable group, led by a decent coach, bring smiles to us. However, that didn’t alter the political friction going on. In 2012, there was none of this.
I suspect Sunderland South will again be first to report results in the upcoming (December 13th, 2019) British general election. Sunderland South is to Britain what Dixville Notch, New Hampshire is to the United States: The first locality to report results in national elections.
1:30:00 Oh I forgot about how the Tories were banging on about how Labour was going to get rid of the pound. The absolutely ludicrous fearmongering that they always try. Ann Widdecombe is such an awful human being.
I love how everyone bangs on about 1992 as a disaster for exit polls. It was always more skewed towards a conservative minority, which was then marginally out. It never actually said Labour had a serious chance at power.
The most boring and pointless election ever. In total 27 seats changed hands, with 6 of them in Northern Ireland and the independent Martin Bell standing down in Tatton.
@@chrish2359 Objectively speaking, yes. But for any Tory-haters, it's especially joyful to see them lose one of their bread and butter seats. When they can't win Guildford, you know they're having a bad night!
The good old days when we had freedom of movement and speech, when we had intelligent people running a country, before social media, before brexit, before conservatives, before Nigel Farage, when the pound was great, when we traded with the EU, before Nigel Farage.
He may have been following the BBC News style guide (www.bbc.co.uk/newsstyleguide/d/) which says the City should be "Londonderry" on first mention and can be "Derry" thereafter.
@@DBIVUK I am from Derry, I was born there in 1985. It is a terrible thing when we have a beautiful city but two different names. I grew up calling it Derry, and I am an Anglican, and I rarely ever called it Londonderry. Nor did my parents. One BBC Northern Ireland radio presenter used to nickname it "stroke city" as in Derry/Londonderry.
It's not a well-informed remark. There were public inquiries in most areas. The Boundary Commission originally proposed the name 'Mid Dorset' but local people pointed out two thirds of the voters lived in Poole borough so they wanted that noted in the name. The actual name of the constituency was Mid Dorset and North Poole but the BBC then reversed the order to put 'Dorset' first so it would appear next to North Dorset and West Dorset.
@@Chaiyachet_2004 This is 50fps (UK TV standard) but the principle is the same. Because TV pictures have interlaced scanning, you have to use the 'Bob' option on decomb and set the frame rate to 50/60fps. Then you need to use video editing software to increase the video size to a minimum 720 pixels, because UA-cam won't show higher frame rates unless the video is at least 720.
3:55:21 So that’s where Liz got that line from, minus the resignation bit.
I mean Mandleson actually got promoted the next day, secretary of state for work and pensions I belive, in stark contrast to what Truss got the next day.
@@Jack-Oates Fact!
Less than four minutes in and virtual William Hague walking up those steps has already traumatised me
When your friends let you choose the film
This is so true!
2:52
18 years later...
SWalkerTTU He’s smarter than you might think, a very savvy campaigner
Johnson is smarter than anyone you know put together.
Penny Awful You know her so well, wow
@@pennyawful861 He's so smart the dumb fuck shook hands with Corona patients and bumbled his way onto a ventilator in intensive care. de Pfeffel is the mentally-deficient inbred's idea of intelligence.
Johnson is cunning, not smart there's a difference
6:12:57 - "you don't seem to be able to even look after yourself!"
Prescient.
Wish the BBC were as tough on him now than they were back then.
@@GoogleUser-lk6xn This has aged well!
Aged like a fine well
Just before 3:00am is the earliest time a General Election has been won.
Scratch that it turns out Margaret Thatcher won the 1983 General Election at 2:36am.
It shows HOW boring that election was.
Definitely due to turnout. Less votes to count isn't it.
technically they won at 2 43 if you consider them getting a coalition with lib dems
Going for the triple crown, watched all the 1997 Election and just finished watching this video thanks so much for uploading.
William Hague didn’t even get onto the first step 🤣
And Corbyn fell backwards down them 🤣
@@kennyryan625 36 in 2017
@@kennyryan625 tf has Corbyn got to do with it
@@michaelheeheejackson7255 Nothing. I just love that Corbyn got his arse kicked 😁
@@kennyryan625 May 1, 1997
1992 was the most exciting night, nobody knew what was happening until about 4am
Not really because the Tories won.
@@winterstronghold2197hes talking about at the time not in hindsight
@@danielbentham758 But even then. It was always predicted that it would be a close election. That is not exciting when a Tory victory is on the cards.
@@winterstronghold2197🥱
Edward Heath on Hague: "A tragedy for the party. He's got no ideas, no experience, and no hope."
Sad but true.
What minute?
@@tmaliffawwaz9277 it's a quote.
thank you for this!
Finally good quality 2001 version on YT
Just finished watching 1997 and now I'm watching this.
I remember visiting BBC Television Centre that summer 2001 and visiting TC1 where they broadcast the election coverage. It is a vast studio, and the BBC were lucky to have it for their election nights. It is huge, and trounces ITN. ITN in 1997 and 2001 knew this, and so used their atrium foyer at ITN for their studio to try and bring large scale view of their set.
@daro2096 Yes, but TC1 was gigantic in comparison. One thing TC6 had over the rest was their production gallery was on the ground floor.
John King BBC always gets the lion’s share of viewers. ITV always manage to come up with some exclusive, like being on the plane with the Blairs in 1997.
The sort of night Corbyn will never see as leader.
@@colinbaker3916 Studio TC1 is a massive studio, but now the BBC use Elstree's Stage D, which is even bigger than TC1 so it makes their election nights seem huge, compared to ITV always squeezed into their virtual green screen Studio 1 of hell. You agree?
@@johnking5174 We are in agreement. These little things like the Blair plane are all ITV has.
@@colinbaker3916 Which coverage do you watch more at election time? BBC, ITV or Sky? Or even Channel 4?
So cool that Welsh results are read out in Welsh first :)
Thank you! It’s finally back up!
2:08:14 Exactly this. This was the problem for Labour under Blair.
Exactly
This set must have seemed so futuristic in 2001
It was quite normal actually. Once the year 2000 hit we expected the future to arrive, so to speak. It's somewhat of a let down to look back now, almost two decades later, and none of it would look out of place today. Not much has progressed in 20 years.
Dean It’s a shame TV companies haven’t used Augmented Reality to everyday use :(
@@dean1039 In fact I think the Election 2019 set was far worse than this.
@@dean1039 oh boy are you wrong, so much has changed, space exploration is far further along than ever before, medical treatments are further foward than ever before, the country realised the importance of mental health, wars have came and gone. Its a bias of the time, with everything in our faces all the time we dont realise how much has actually changed because its just everyday normalcy
@@dean1039 I like this set.
What a much better time this was
A dull night but an historical curio given that it was the last pre-9/11 UK election. Tony Blair had been through a hell of a lot more by the time the next one rolled around...
kokamoa We don’t give a fuck about 9/11 anymore over here mate
Adora Basil Winterpock Calm down keep your tights on
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 Its called historical context. Just like the 2019 election being the second 'brexit' general election
Who cares about 9/11 in the UK ffs!?
@@Beastgrows All the soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan? Those whose relatives or friend's died in the planes or sites?
1:16:53 Tim Rice seeing the future there. Two years later came the Iraq war.
Nearly a foreshadow, but he knows that Blair also wants to oust Saddam, an accurate prediction. Without the UK being involved in the Iraq war, he would've won 2005 better, maybe another landslide or a 400 seat landslide (though it is unlikely). The most accurate thing would be around 379. I don't know about 2010, maybe around 318.
Without Iraq, Blair would almost certainly have 'done a Thatcher' and won a triple figure third term majority. Beyond that it's difficult to know how Blair/Brown infighting and the global financial crash might have affected the chanced of a fourth term.
The overall outcome of this election was already decided on 1st May 1997. What was truly remarkable was that in four years the Tories couldn’t even manage onto the first step.
1:16:53 Well he nailed that one
What the fuck.
Boris Johnson when he was 1st elected to Henley is at 6:05:00
and @ 5:01:33you can see Theresa May holding onto Maidenhead
Piff paff whiffle poffle etc.
My Man Boris.
He's softened the hard edges of his posh voice quite a bit since then.
He was looking for the volleyball named Wilson. 😀😀😀🐸🎄🎄🏃🏃🏉🏈🏈⚾⚽🎊🎊🛀🌃🌃👵👵👴👱👱
Cheers for this!
2005 GE next, please!
I was not alive in 2001, but the tv coverage from this time feels a bit nostalgic to me!
Boris hasn't aged a day.
He has now.
20 years ago this month surprised bbc parliment did not re show it
6:07:24 this aged well coming from Boris 😂
18 years later he’s brilliant night that he was thinking about that night came to fruition
Aging better every day.
Guessing the Brilliant night was at his party
6:07:59
Boris 2001: Prepare for Breakfast.
Boris 2020: Prepare for Brexit.
Actually no, he did say “Get Breakfast Done” on his victory rally
Shame the BBC could not use the 1979-1997 election theme for the 2001 coverage. The music was awful. King Arthur returned in 2005 for one last outing before the new version we have now was launched with the 2010 election.
That King Arthur theme was iconic yes
@@denzel9086 What do you think of the current theme used for the 2010, 2015 and 2017 elections?
John King The modern themes that the BBC have used have been okay to be honest. I wouldn’t want King Arthur to be used now though despite its greatness as it was meant for that 79-05 era.
@@denzel9086 I agree. I have had some Americans on the comments say how surprised they are at the "greatness" of the opening theme of the BBC elections compared to their US networks coverage of Presidential and Mid-Term elections. BBC always have that grander scale. Shame ITV never really bother. You agree?
The BBC scrapped Arthur because they want the original composer to pay them for its use.
Even as a 10 year old at the time, I barely even remember anything remarkable about this election. Labour may as well gone into government with no party opposition at the time. Too bad this was Tony Blair's last good year as leader though, he want sharply down hill after that IMO.
Yes Blair's popularity went down due to the Iraq War but he still won a third term in 2005 with a majority of 66.
The only reason Blair won was because the opposition at the time, the Conservative party, backed the illegal invasion of Iraq, too. Voters weren't left with much of a choice.
@@jackriver1999 He also won because in 2005 Labour had presided over 8 years of economic growth, falling unemployment, lower crime rates and reduced hospital waiting lists as well as a huge school buildings repair programme.
@@kevinlongman007 I agree. But he alienated many voters on the left, myself included. My local Labour MP had voted for the Iraq War and I couldn't bring myself to vote for them. Things have changed now and I will be voting for Labour.
@@jackriver1999 Ah on the other hand while i think he should have waited for the UN decision on Iraq i voted for Labour in 2005 because Blair did a lot of good domestically. I have always voted Labour in General Elections even in 2017 but i won't be voting this time around as Labour is a shambles now.
It's interesting from the outset how different the 2001 BBC coverage felt in terms of its production. I wonder why they departed from their traditional approach.
4 years before i was born..
First election Jo Swinson stood in: 2:27:10
goldy shark her chance of becoming prime minister is as likely as Boris walking into a room, saying “Fuck you losers, I’m quitting politics” and people would still try and vote for him because the Murdoch newspapers would say “back the ‘Fuck Politics With Boris’ campaign”.
7:50:53 Grant Mitchell trying to get a look in ;)
That returning officer in Galloway (5:13:40) was fuming in 1997 when the Tory lost. Refused to give the figures until people stopped cheering. Here he is reveling in the Tory win, cheers and all. What a tw@t.
"The interference on the hear-speak" - classic Prescott
It's funny to think that technically John Swinney is the only leader from the 2001 Election to still be leading a party in the 2024 Election
6:15:00 Boris Johnson being asked if he should have stood for Labour
Interestingly the two Labour gains at that election, Ynys Môn and South Dorset are now held by the Conservatives, the latter (South Dorset) now being a safe seat again, plus two future Tory prime ministers in David Cameron and Boris Johnson first entered parliament and former chancellor George Osborne, notable Labour MPs who first entered parliament include the now mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and former foreign secretary David Miliband, interestingly the Tory candidate who stood against Blair in Sedgefield was UKIP defector Douglas Carswell, who entered parliament for the old seat of Harwich at the following election, of which most is now part of the seat of Clacton which is now a safe Conservative seat, the two Labour victors, Albert Owen stood down at the 2019 election, while Jim Knight, lost his seat to the current Conservative MP for South Dorset, Richard Drax in 2010 and is now a Labour peer
What an unremarkable election
The Tories in 2001 were probably more useless and irrelevant that any of the 2 main parties have been in any election that I can recall, if that makes sense. They went into the election a million miles behind Labour on a lowly 165 seats, and ended it a million miles behind on a lowly 166 seats. Blair basically had zero opposition at the time. It was said as well that had the turnout been higher, the Tories might have actually lost seats.
In 1997 the Tories were of course relevant as they were the sitting government about to be emphatically removed from power. In 2015 and 2019, Labour went in to those elections not that far behind the Tories in terms of seats, and there was talk about them potentially becoming the largest party in anti-Tory coalitions, although of course they ended up going backwards and suffering terrible defeats.
And now, with an election next year in 2024, Keir Starmer is in the same position as Hague was prior to 2001. For him to win he'll have to have either a Clement Attlee type gain in seats, or perform similar to Cameron in 2010.
Who would have thought that UKIP which polled such low numbers in 2001, would lead the country into leaving Europe just 15 Years later. No I did not vote leave but remain. My own family and close relations reflected the 2016 Referendum. Half of us voting leave the other half remain.
5:57:44 Wtf is Howard wearing on his suit, did he come 1st in his class or something
Paul Caffrey well he came in 1st class
@@jacklewis3803 ah, it's the dumbarse who claimed Bill Clinton led a "left-wing" administration
BBC had David Dimbleby, ITV had Jonathan Dimbleby
Dimbleby-ception. Sorry couldn't resist.
Francis 1971 : It is a shame that David and Jonathan 's famous father Richard Dimbleby died years before in 1965 of cancer before he had a chance to see his own two sons become famous tv broadcasters themselves.
And CNN has got the volleyball named Wilson. 😀😀😀🏃🏃🏃🎄🌃🎄🌃👱👱⚾⚾🏈🏉🏈🏈⚽🏃🏃🏃🏃🎄🌃👵
I'm guessing Channel 4 had Gummo Dimbleby of peep show fame
2:58 ahh how times change for Boris
6:33:18 Labour candidate in Richmond seams really sweet.
Christ bbc interior decorators where on something in the noughties
Paul Horwood2 Yeh the set wasn’t bright enough! 🤣
We could’ve just skipped this election and just jumped to 2005
American networks can certainly use a "swingometer" on election nights for U.S. House and Senate races to show viewers how many seats are won by which party.
51:07
One nation politics under a groove
Gettin' down just for the funk of it
One nation politics and we're on the move
Nothin' can stop us now
The shocking thing about that particular election was the pitiful turnout. 26 million down from 31 million in 1997. The one we're about to have could be even lower given when it's taking place.
If the last 4 years have taught us anything it’s that though all things being equal ppl turning up to vote is better than them not, the conventional wisdom that poor turnout means ppl hate politicians has it backwards, with the boom in turnout lately we now see that low turnout means ppl are generally quite happy with their lives and politics and it’s when ppl are angry and politics is terrible that is what causes high turnout
When the result’s clearly a forgone conclusion, turnout tends to be low.
Didn't really voted (Did voted for Blair in 97 which waa my 1st ever vote as well!!! )knew that Blair would win straight forward. Also as a side foot didn't watched it on TV as partying that night at a concert. Just switched on to see that Blair was back in and just got on with my day.
I have no memories of this election at all.. I was in my early 20's and had no interest in voting. I had voted Labour in 97 ( my first election) but the excitement of "New Labour" had not produced anything like the changes in society it promised. I did not vote again until 2010.
Peter Mandleson's speech has to be one of the most self-indulgent speeches I've ever heard
Did caught that live. It was rather interesting.
Completely ridiculously twattish
Liz Truss loved that one phrase he used though.
BBC Election 2001 programme came from the vast Studio TC1 at the BBC Television Centre in London. That studio still exists and is working today in 2021, along with Studios TC2 and TC3. Sadly the remaining five main studios were bulldozed down and transformed into apartments by 2017.
Oh god, that aged horribly 1:57:59
If anything it's more prescient then ever - tribalism has fallen off a cliff in British politics although not in a way that has helped larger discourse.
No it didn't
Most interesting thing which happened this election was David Cameron & Boris Johnson first being elected to parliament.
David Dimbleby really was scraping the bottom of the barrel by asking that question to Gordon Brown at 1:43:00 - what was David thinking? What the hell did he expect Gordon to say to that flippant question about Tony Blair remaining as Prime Minister.
Just like Brown you apparently misheard or ignored the whole question, which was asking would TB remain for "the WHOLE Parliament", as I believe there was already speculation about a Blair-Brown handover, which DID happen following the next election. Either way it's hardly an appalling question, lighten up.
I love how naughties this looks :")
Follow the results ‘Online’ 😂
this seems like such a simpler time
It was
It was. And I was born in 2001.
2:52 Damn
Perhaps the most inconsequential GE of modern times. Labour comfortably won, but low turnout, no major political issues (pre 9/11 and Iraq, no Brexit) aside from the Foot and Mouth Crisis that summer
Hague and Kennedy can't be dismissed as leaders but they couldn't match Teflon Tony
2005 was more significant as it was Labour's historic third GE win in a row
There was nothing exceptional about the 2001 election
Sorry who is Kennedy?
Lucian Lawson-Foley former leader of the Liberal Democrats
Bruce, Snow, Vine, Paxman, Marr and Dimbleby. Blimey
The journalists aren't important ultimately though, are they? They've just got to report the news accurately and honestly, and that's it.
RIP Charles Kennedy
He was leftist
Too left to lib dems
@@yotampetel6297 He was too pissed for the Lib Dems
5:55 polls close
I'd love to see a uniform poll closing time in the United States for Presidential elections of 10 P.M. Eastern time (but Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, where everyone votes at 12:01 A.M. Eastern time, would still be allowed to close polls and report results once polls close).
This way, we could see Lester Holt, Norah O'Donnell, and George Stephanopoulos dramatically announce the presidential election winner at 10 P.M. Eastern.
So you are impressed with how we do our general election broadcasts? Have you ever watched more of BBC archive elections?
Wouldn’t work as many other states during 10PM eastern time would still be voting. Unless you waited until 10PM in Hawaii. Even then many places end up staying open further due to long lines in polling station queues.
My idea would be a 10 P.M. Eastern time closure of all polls.
Some West Coast states could have polls open for a few hours on Monday evening, the day before the election.
thank so much good blessing you todary am?
4:43:16 one of the most profound political insights ever said by a journalist
3:00:11 - This guy shows his colours right from the offset with no shame whatsoever.
Really?
5:04:01 (Coughs) Ish.....
So at 6:06:15 newly elected Conservative MP Boris Johnson makes his acceptance speech. Who would believe that 18 years later in 2019 Mr. Johnson would become UK Prime Minister ???
@jockadoobee True, I disagree with his political tactics very much even though I am partial to conservative thinking. His thinking however is too extreme for me.
And He Is Now.
6:07:41 lol
ThE lAbOuR pArTy Is FiNiShEd
Loved the big air balloon idents...
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Take in I’m a 15 year old just causally watching the 2001 general election results.
Well when I was 15 I would have loved to be able to see the coverage of the 1970 general election. So don't be too concerned.
Seeing politicians be popular, actually doing good work and the whole country being optimistic must be quite a novelty if you where born in the mid 2000's
Andrew The country was positive seven years ago, when we staged the Olympics.
I Waldron It was good to see a young likeable group, led by a decent coach, bring smiles to us. However, that didn’t alter the political friction going on. In 2012, there was none of this.
I was 8 and stayed up on a school night watching this election
this is before smart phones existed. so no weirdos posting random sh*t and influncing stupid people
In fairness, yes Labour may not have inspired turnout but neither did the Tories. Having such a weak opposition made this result inevitable.
I suspect Sunderland South will again be first to report results in the upcoming (December 13th, 2019) British general election.
Sunderland South is to Britain what Dixville Notch, New Hampshire is to the United States: The first locality to report results in national elections.
It will likley be Newcastle Central as it was in 2017, Sunderland held the title from 1992-2015.
Wrong. It was Newcastle
2:39:10 quite a funny quip from Kinnock 😂
1:30:00 Oh I forgot about how the Tories were banging on about how Labour was going to get rid of the pound. The absolutely ludicrous fearmongering that they always try. Ann Widdecombe is such an awful human being.
Is that Jo Swinson standing against Prescott in Hull?
Yes. Good spot
Paxman hasn't changed.
He's still wearing the same clothes.. 👠👠👓👓👖👖🎄🎄🎄⛄⛄😁😁😁😁🎄🎄🏃🏃🏃🏃
3:30:00 - a lesser-spotted Douglas Carswell at Tony Blair's count.
I love how everyone bangs on about 1992 as a disaster for exit polls. It was always more skewed towards a conservative minority, which was then marginally out. It never actually said Labour had a serious chance at power.
The most boring and pointless election ever. In total 27 seats changed hands, with 6 of them in Northern Ireland and the independent Martin Bell standing down in Tatton.
But Wilson the volleyball was in the election that night. 🌃🌃🏃🏃😀😀😀😀🏃🏃🎄⚾🏈👵👱⚽⚾⚾🏃🌃👱👱
6:12:15 Wonder what became of that guy?
7:48:39 Douglas Alexander
3:32:50 Douglas Carswell would later become UKIPs first MP
Roll on 2024, another Labour win
Not the most interesting of election nights, although the Tories losing Guildford was a highlight!
rhysepoos Why? The most interesting moment has to be Wyre Forests declaration
@@chrish2359 Objectively speaking, yes. But for any Tory-haters, it's especially joyful to see them lose one of their bread and butter seats. When they can't win Guildford, you know they're having a bad night!
The good old days when we had freedom of movement and speech, when we had intelligent people running a country, before social media, before brexit, before conservatives, before Nigel Farage, when the pound was great, when we traded with the EU, before Nigel Farage.
6:12:10 BoJo
Looks like the most boring election night ever
That was indeed the verdict of most people at the time.
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Ahh. The first election i could vote in. And i did, and got David Blunkett as my MP.......
David Dimbleby called Derry Londonderry.
He may have been following the BBC News style guide (www.bbc.co.uk/newsstyleguide/d/) which says the City should be "Londonderry" on first mention and can be "Derry" thereafter.
@@DBIVUK I am from Derry, I was born there in 1985. It is a terrible thing when we have a beautiful city but two different names. I grew up calling it Derry, and I am an Anglican, and I rarely ever called it Londonderry. Nor did my parents. One BBC Northern Ireland radio presenter used to nickname it "stroke city" as in Derry/Londonderry.
The Tories gained one and actually lost seats to the Lib Dems ridiculous.
Overall the Tories gained 9 seats and lost eight. Their only gain came from Scotland. A very poor night for them.
@@BoyBornFresh What were the gains and losses and from what parties?
@@Busher50 it's on Wikipedia
4:03:45 wow, she gets my vote. Very nice lady.
4:13:35 Dorset Mid result. Sounds like he was just waiting to bring that up about the name. Kind of a random comment to make. 😮😮
It's not a well-informed remark. There were public inquiries in most areas. The Boundary Commission originally proposed the name 'Mid Dorset' but local people pointed out two thirds of the voters lived in Poole borough so they wanted that noted in the name. The actual name of the constituency was Mid Dorset and North Poole but the BBC then reversed the order to put 'Dorset' first so it would appear next to North Dorset and West Dorset.
It is an awful name, but not a patch on the godawful names they have come up with for the 2024 review. Just look at some of them and reel.
6:06:56 Switch to BBC Parliament
6:08:39 and return to BBC One
Most of this programme was recorded off-air from a 14:9 source, but I used bits of a BBC Parliament repeat to fill tape changeovers.
@@DBIVUK Okay, this video doesn't look bad. But like the video recorded in 60 fps. How you can do?
@@Chaiyachet_2004 This is 50fps (UK TV standard) but the principle is the same. Because TV pictures have interlaced scanning, you have to use the 'Bob' option on decomb and set the frame rate to 50/60fps. Then you need to use video editing software to increase the video size to a minimum 720 pixels, because UA-cam won't show higher frame rates unless the video is at least 720.
It think this is almost 20 years ago scary