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paulzolo
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Mock the Week starts this Thursday, but unlike other series, it is a 6 week run. Expect other satirical programmes to be absent or curtailed. Schedulers are having to guess when an election is likely to be called, and work to fit programmes around that possible date. There are rules about what can and can’t be broadcast during an election campaign.
A curious casualty is Time Team. By now, we will be watching Tony Robinson, a few crusty historians and some history students frolicking in the mud. Not so - C4 want to put it in a decent time slot, but have general elections to worry about. Programming for the election would impact on possible Time Team slots.
I am expecting TV to get more bland as the weeks continue, especially in the satirical slots, though I would imagine that an election is a few months off.
It is very evident that the campaign has started already.
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timark_uk
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There's a general election happening?
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EddArmitage
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Well it's got to happen by the first week of May, and there's minimum campaign periods etc. etc.
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AlunD
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Apparently March is most likely which would mean no budget from the current government.
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timark_uk
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Edd, d'you see that? (8+D Mark
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EddArmitage
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I need to check A) which constituency I'm registered in (Fairly sure I know that one) B) my postal vote is properly set up.
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timark_uk
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FAIL @ Edd for not understanding me yet again.
Mark
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TheFrenchun
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You better vote or i'll be mildly annoyed! there should be a fine for people who don't vote 
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AlunD
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Totally Agree. Lots of countries do that.
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timark_uk
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Spoiling ballots FTW! Mark
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Zippy
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Once again I can sit back and enjoy the smug glory that is 'not owning a television'  _________________The Official "Saucy Minx"  This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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TheFrenchun
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+1  i use i player and 4OD for programs i wanna watch, and that's plenty enough
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jonbwfc
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Generally speaking, those places that have compulsory sufferage also have a 'none of the above' option on the ballot paper. The places that don't have that are usually the ones that have one name on the ballot paper... Jon
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TheFrenchun
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Voting blank and not voting is vastly different tho
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EddArmitage
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Sorry - I failed to put that bit in. YAY! March! YAY!
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