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00:00With 24 hours of coverage and presumably some level of sleep deprivation,
00:04you can expect a few bizarre moments to come from our broadcasters across election night.
00:09But who kept us the most entertained as we watched the votes roll in?
00:12Sky TV started the night off strong by grunting in the
00:15background of their election poll announcement.
00:18Oh my god.
00:25Yeah, you can see.
00:27It was also nice that they showed us the conflicting reactions of the Labour Mayor
00:30of Manchester, Andy Burnham, and Baroness Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish
00:35Conservatives, when the poll was announced.
00:37We'd give this a 4 out of 10. We appreciate the enthusiasm,
00:40but maybe something should be kept to yourself.
00:42He didn't ask, but the BBC decided to announce to viewers that Steve Baker
00:46only had a 1% chance of keeping his seat as he sat right next to them in the studio.
00:50Steve, I'm sorry to be putting you up here on the screen like this, but, you know,
00:55we are giving you a less than 1% chance of hanging on to your seat out there in Wickham.
01:005Miry showed an unusual level of interest in Angela Rona's chickens.
01:04You're saying you're not counting your chickens.
01:06What kind of chickens might they be? What kind of chickens would you like to see?
01:10OK, he qualified it as a metaphor for her future job description.
01:14In terms of a future job description?
01:16Meanwhile, Russ Streeting really wanted to talk about ships.
01:19And yes, the implosion of the Conservatives and the SNP has put wind in Labour's sails,
01:24but the only reason we've got sails on the ship and the ship is ship-shaped
01:28is because Keir Starmer took the vessel from the shipwreck in 2019,
01:34rebuilt it and made it ship-shaped and seaworthy again.
01:39And Neil Kinnock let everyone know that his hatred for George Galloway goes as far back as 1983.
01:44I've known him since 1983 and he is repellent.
01:49We give this a 9 out of 10.
01:51It was spicy, it was weird and pretty brave actually.
01:54We loved it.
01:54Emotions were equally as high over on Channel 4,
01:57where guest panellists Alastair Campbell and Nadine Doris
02:00didn't quite manage to keep things civil.
02:02Doris seemed to enjoy telling Campbell that he didn't make it
02:05onto Tony Blair's massive resignation honours list.
02:08And Tony Blair had a massive one.
02:10Tony Blair didn't...
02:11You went on it, but he had a massive one.
02:13Tony Blair didn't do a resignation honours list.
02:15So don't talk about facts, Nadine.
02:16Nadine, if you want to sit there all night and talk rubbish and parrot away,
02:20it's probably your last show on television.
02:21Oh, absolutely. I'll hold my hands up.
02:22Can I finish the point about the laws?
02:23He packed the laws with Labour peers.
02:25It's a Labour to get anything done.
02:27And could one of his comments sexist?
02:30Honestly, Nadine, you've got to get over Boris Johnson.
02:34The fact that Rishi Sunak willed him out...
02:35Actually, I find that quite a sexist comment.
02:37Well, it's not.
02:38Alastair, thank you.
02:39No, it's not.
02:40No, I think it is, Alastair.
02:41It really is.
02:41By the morning, Carol Borderman was practically singing
02:44Let's Get the Party Started once it was clear the Tories were out.
02:47Who could ever have thought that a government would be as utterly,
02:52utterly banal and ridiculous as this one?
02:55So let's get the party started because they have gone.
02:59We'd give this a 10 out of 10.
03:00Unhinged in the best way and a great mix of personalities.