It was a serious opening salvo for serious times. It opened so seriously onenwoukd think everything was crisis. Those were serious tikes, indeed, as they are more so now. The world seems to be falling off a cliff and deteriorating fast.
I remember the 1997 General Election. I was 9 years old and remember one of our schoolteachers talking to us about the result, then she put the TV on and we watched live as John Major gave his resignation speech before heading off to see the Queen. Never knew how my parents voted, but we were in a Tory seat that flipped red and I remember at breakfast that morning my parents seemed annoyed that our Labour candidate got in.
It makes me laugh when in this bulletin the presenters were commenting on the "longest" election campaign of 6 and a half weeks. Come to the US and try an election campaign of around 12 months.
No more Peter, no more studio N2 seen here on the 6th floor at TVC as the bbc began crumbling after 1999 as it went into a brave new world of news presentation.
@@kevinlongman007 Murdoch knew the election was lost by this point. He would have looked stupid if he had told people to vote Tory and they had lost. Yes Blair's majority might have been down to say 130-140 seats if the Sun had backed the Tories but there is no way he could have saved them John Smith would have won had he lived.
@@alanberkeley7282 The Sun was never going to back John Major in 1997 even if John Smith had lived. When John Redwood went up against Major in the 1995 Tory leadership election The Sun supported him and it was obvious from then that they had lost faith in John Major having supported him in 1992.
@@kevinlongman007 If Smith had lived Murdoch would have swallowed his pride and backed him. Though the Sun really wanted Redwood and Major out of the way in 1995 and the leadership to be a battle between Portillo and Heseltine and it would throw its weight behind Portillo
This bbc news theme is just epic!
Wish they still had it
Its great that history is preserved
Rest in peace, Peter.
It is hard to believe this was 24 years ago.
R.I.P legend died today 2nd October 2019
R.I.P. Peter
That 9pm news theme used to scare me a bit as a kid in the 90's. Used to sound kinda haunting to me, along with the 999 theme.
It was epic
It was a serious opening salvo for serious times. It opened so seriously onenwoukd think everything was crisis. Those were serious tikes, indeed, as they are more so now. The world seems to be falling off a cliff and deteriorating fast.
I remember the 1997 General Election. I was 9 years old and remember one of our schoolteachers talking to us about the result, then she put the TV on and we watched live as John Major gave his resignation speech before heading off to see the Queen.
Never knew how my parents voted, but we were in a Tory seat that flipped red and I remember at breakfast that morning my parents seemed annoyed that our Labour candidate got in.
Why is there a picture from "This Life" at the start? Perhaps the continuity announcer had already mentioned it before this video beings.
The Outer Limits was just starting on BBC Two, with This Life (s2e1) following at 9:45 PM.
It makes me laugh when in this bulletin the presenters were commenting on the "longest" election campaign of 6 and a half weeks. Come to the US and try an election campaign of around 12 months.
No more Peter, no more studio N2 seen here on the 6th floor at TVC as the bbc began crumbling after 1999 as it went into a brave new world of news presentation.
Even by virtual standards, that is still cool
Monday 17th March 1997
Blair's house in Islington looks very similar to Boris Johnson's house.
As Johnson's home is also in Islington, less than half a mile from where Blair was living in 1997, perhaps that isn't surprising.
I knew where BoJo’s house was, never worked out were Blair’s old house was in Richmond Avenue.
The Sun backing Labour 😱😱😱😱
The Sun’s another poxy snoozepaper.
I cant believe times gone so quick a joke
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Force Major
Once The Sun announced it was backing Blair it was game over for the Tories.
It was game over even before that
@@alanberkeley7282 Yes but even more so once Murdoch's tabloids started supported them.
@@kevinlongman007 Murdoch knew the election was lost by this point. He would have looked stupid if he had told people to vote Tory and they had lost. Yes Blair's majority might have been down to say 130-140 seats if the Sun had backed the Tories but there is no way he could have saved them John Smith would have won had he lived.
@@alanberkeley7282 The Sun was never going to back John Major in 1997 even if John Smith had lived. When John Redwood went up against Major in the 1995 Tory leadership election The Sun supported him and it was obvious from then that they had lost faith in John Major having supported him in 1992.
@@kevinlongman007 If Smith had lived Murdoch would have swallowed his pride and backed him. Though the Sun really wanted Redwood and Major out of the way in 1995 and the leadership to be a battle between Portillo and Heseltine and it would throw its weight behind Portillo
Not being funny, but I think Blair's gonna' win this one.
That's what you think!
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