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If Benn had won deputy leader instead of Denis Healey, would this loss of seat have changed things? Guess he would no longer be deputy leader, though he did come back of course.

At 2.39 Tebbit trying to forget that George Young grabbed him and said "We are going to lose this f election" two weeks previously. "If those were my private thoughts"

Ken Livingstone said exactly the same at a previous election

"We shut down our operations at 7.30pm and put it into the marginals"

All giving Ken, with two and half hours left.

Selina Scott, with arm on hip, flirting to the camera and all the Dads out there watching.

Nisha Pillai looks more beautiful now than she did in 1997

Frank Skinner, armed with bomber jacket, annoying grin and childish wave, confusing Election Special with Newsround.

"DEPUTY acting returning officer" - is that because there are two counts taking place?

I had little knowledge of 1974 election until now but Thatcherism was clearly born here. She must have watched this and wondered why UK's political and economic survival depended on a group of miners in a bar.

@Xeromoth Dimbleby to Heath "To bed, or shall we seeing you later?"

Why does Jeremy Thorpe behave like Kenneth Williams in this section?

"You have to go to Sidcup?...Bon voyage!"

See that rather dotty woman at 9.10 singing songs and being a Liberal candidate?

Thirty years later Mrs Hester Smallbone would get one of the largest gainers in a share out in 25M Euro sale of an Irish Newspaper group.

Paul Boateng had been practising that speech in the mirror.

Also, Esther Rantzen putting into my head the picture of Mrs Thatcher in the bath.

Er, No thank you.

At 3.00 Anthony King does a great bit of TV coverage - telling us exactly what name and number to listen out for on a particular announcement and the consequences. When it comes in above the estimate, we start to believe that Major is back in.

Compare to boring John Cole "I was talking to a sen...

"The returning officer is returning again"

Is that reference with Brown and Robin Day at the beginning to them being Freemasons "May I call you Brother?"

Can I have this played at my funeral?

Don't fancy going there for my holidays.

Not sure what those metal balls are for, but I wouldn't want to ask him.

I will harbour the Corby lowest vote information provided and will, in some stage of my remaining life, use it to impress somebody.

Is that Gary Crowley telling us to head to Woolies?

I think that this is one of the best episodes for historical record.

Perry Worsthorne is not impressed by Thatchers' campaign.

Robin Day says that the Tories won "despite her".

It was only in her mid term and voted by the electorate in 1983 that the Thatcherism campaign took hold.

Reading West is an absolute whopper swing 12% - 5K Labour to 6K Tory.

Nick Robinson confirms lobby rumours that he has a bald head.

By the way Ashcroft set up the Crimestoppers charity, donated his £10M Victoria Cross medal collection to Imperial War Museum (well worth a visit) and supports British troops morally and financially.

Islington chattering class poster boy Blair is still filling his boots with as much money as he ...

To think that if UKIP had voted Tory, Ed Balls would be out.

Having said that, I think that he is a great advert for the Conservative Party.

Deficit Denier. Arrogant. Public School. Toxic. Manipulating. Everything a front bench Labour should be.

Priti Patel looks lovely. A safe seat with 15k majority. I would bet on her going places.

Nick Robinson says the hard facts at the beginning. Brown never won a General Election. He was voted in an election with a sole candidate for Labour leader. Meanwhile Thatcher never lost to the country. 3 times.

I was born in Tooting, and have to say that Khan isn't pulling anything big when he comes home with 2,500 majority in that seat. If they can't win Tooting, home of Wolfy Citizen "Power to the People" Smith with more than that, then they don't deserve No 10.

Brown talks rot.

Now in Jan 2012, just listen to Gordon Brown with his "no greater privilege to serve as MP" speech. He has not attended Parliament in over a year, nor resigned and given the seat up for by election for someone who could work hard make a difference for the people of whatever party. Power for power...

Interesting that Putney is a "Returning Officer" being announced by the Mayor (the notional post), where as the other seats are often announced by the "acting returning officer" (some guy from the council on behalf of the mayor)

6.46 Paxman "You might consider getting into bed with Peter Mandelson"

Very funny, Paxo

Don't know why Sissons is repeating the "moral right to govern" line, as that is a blatant attempt to save face. As a "journalist" he should have cut through this. Also he looks pretty stupid when he puts such faith in the exit poll.

@dan2009 I think that Jon snow gives it away at 7.00 when they "asked people if they would complete a form to say how they voted" - Labour voters were move likely to complete the poll, Tory voters move likely to decline to take part.

At 8.00 Nick Griffin of the BNP stands for the National Front at Croydon North West

Interesting that the disappointment in Northern Ireland is that there is a working majority for either party so that deals cannot be done in exchange for support. Sorry to disappoint you.

"Except in Northern Ireland where rather odd things happen"

Nice to have the man from the "Joy Of Sex" book reading the Scottish result.