These prehistoric virtual election graphics starkly sum up just how long Labour have been out of power
Labour have secured an historic victory in the General Election – the first time in 19 years that the party has won a UK election.
And few things better capture just how much time has passed since the last Labour triumph than this footage from the 2005 election that has gone viral again. You might have first seen them when they did the rounds back in April.
Labour has been out of power for so long that these were the graphics being used the last time they won. pic.twitter.com/FhVvhjEyQg
— sean (@_sn_n) April 2, 2024
The BBC’s 3D election graphics from the 2005 election – the night of Tony Blair’s historic third term as PM – are like watching something from a 1980s computer console.
Seriously, they are wild.
Nice of the Beeb to remind viewers of what election graphics were like the last time Labour won a majority https://t.co/3CfJaksN4G pic.twitter.com/CQqFyCOFYU
— James Heale (@JAHeale) July 2, 2024
And people – especially vintage video game fans – have been having fun at the expense of the old clips.
1.
It is just missing the N64 Goldeneye theme..
— David (@drushe1983) July 3, 2024
2.
The graphics are so very Goldeneye N64 that I half expect the commentary to say ‘now to achieve a majority, Tony Blair must get to Bunker level and fight Oddjob’.
— Elliot Bidgood (@ElliotBidgood) April 2, 2024
3.
Is Tony available for download in Sims 1?
— Matt Plato (@Matt_tfdXCI) April 2, 2024
4.
In fairness, those graphics looked ridiculous at the time.
— ChrisH (@Moviebore) April 5, 2024
5.
BBC: Starmer and Reeves take office pic.twitter.com/G7qsQaJgut
— Timothy Stafford (@StaffordTJ) July 2, 2024
6.
Thought it was putin in the middle
— Steptoe (@Steptoesyard) July 2, 2024
7.
Then Lara Croft shows up and locks all three in the walk-in freezer
— mambocat.bsky.social (@MamboCat84) July 4, 2024
8.
Wait, is that what inspired Deal or No Deal?
— Jimmy Mack (@jimmy_m_a_c_k) July 3, 2024
9.
Morrowind ass graphics pic.twitter.com/NHi0x0Lf4Q
— Oli (@Omnitrixtr) July 3, 2024
10.
Congratulations and well done! You have beaten the hideous Shub-Niggurath, and her hundreds of ugly changelings and monsters. You have proven that your skill and your cunning are greater than all the powers of Quake. You are the master now. Id Software salutes you.
— Christopher (@HeppinHobbes) April 3, 2024
11.
Why does Tony Blair look like Dan Wootton?
— Ciaran #FBPE (@CiaranPlan) April 3, 2024
12.
Think football manager is still using the same engine.
— Von_Blitzkreig (@Von_Blitzkreig) April 3, 2024
13.
They still look more natural than Rishi Sunak
— Nim (@nimyazd) April 3, 2024
14.
Sims 1 Rishi Sunak crying and shouting at the tragic clown (or is it Boris?) while low-poly Starmer walks into an isometric No.10 pic.twitter.com/pZcVLhGneO
— Labourball (@labourball) April 2, 2024
Not that the virtual graphics from the 2024 election are much better to be fair…
not weird at all pic.twitter.com/Pq55aI8Z6q
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 4, 2024
SKY NEWS HAS A VIRTUAL LARRY pic.twitter.com/gDe4TUdiDK
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 4, 2024
Sources: Twitter/X @_sn_n and @JAHeale