Scott Bryan’s WTF election moments from 2024 confirm that it wasn’t all a fever dream after all
The short notice given by Rishi Sunak for the general election has meant that campaigners from all parties have had to get their act togther in double-quick time. And we know how good politicians are at doing things quickly.
Not everybody has been successful.
I think it’s now safe to call this: the Conservative Party’s 2024 general election campaign is easily the worst political campaign in British history, and is certainly in the running for worst ever in the history of democracy.
— Nick Tyrone (@NicholasTyrone) July 2, 2024
If nothing else, it’s certainly been dramatic, and TV critic Scott Bryan has seen the parade of televised campaign madness pass before his eyes.
It has been quite the election, so here are my WTF TV election moments from 2024 ✨
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
It’s quite the thread, and includes a couple of things we missed. Beth Rigby ‘Haribo’, for example …
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1. When Rishi Sunak announced the election, only for it to be overshadowed by the pouring rain and D:Ream’s “Things Can Only Get Better” blaring from a nearby loudspeaker pic.twitter.com/MWxtaa5c54
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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2. And when, earlier that day, the same loudspeaker played the Imperial March (aka the Darth Vader theme), which could be heard on Sky News pic.twitter.com/zwZBSLY2YC
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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3. When @BethRigby shouted “CAN YOU WIN IT” whilst presenting on Sky News pic.twitter.com/mRdcqjW0yn
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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4. When Labour’s Angela Rayner teased her battle bus in an interview with @BethRigby pic.twitter.com/wFMFap8dYd
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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5. When BBC News were not allowed to show us an embargoed bus but showed us it anyway pic.twitter.com/7j1qkDxrkj
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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6. When we all learnt the way that @BethRigby says the word “haribos” pic.twitter.com/RyKyONbsIe
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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7. When Sky News decided to interview Lib Dem leader Ed Davey whilst on a kayak and everything that could go wrong, did go wrong pic.twitter.com/xEPlp4EDbq
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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8. Sky News then showed completely unflattering footage of Ed Davey clambering out of the water whilst giving serious political analysis pic.twitter.com/b3wQjeFDwZ
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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9. When Ed Davey did an interview with LBC about the UK rejoining the single market whilst on the teacups pic.twitter.com/VEiK86oMuH
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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10. When Ed Davey appeared on the BBC News channel holding a giant jenga set pic.twitter.com/p7wDxTZW7a
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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11. When Sky News showed us footage of Ed Davey on a slide and provided analysis of how he could have gone down it quicker pic.twitter.com/yq453kbVKE
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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12. When BBC News showed us live uninterrupted footage of Ed Davey making a sandcastle pic.twitter.com/lez70V9tFf
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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13. When Grant Shapps rang @SamCoatesSky live on Sky News after breaking polling news revealed that he had lost his seat.
Grant Shapps then hung up pic.twitter.com/whvTchBN9R
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
BONUS: It wasn’t long until this moment was turned into a spoof of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (thanks @PATVOne1) pic.twitter.com/5U9BcU6y4v
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
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14. When Conservative MP Steve Baker was asked by @VicDerbyshire on Newsnight what he would do if he wasn’t an MP pic.twitter.com/Fi6C838O2B
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 3, 2024
