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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 17:43:00

Necessarily thinking it is a debate between the labour in the conservative party but maybe even reform coming into the mix in some areas here. you covered this beat, what would you say are the big issues to watch in how this he and others will go. issues to watch in how this he and others will go- others will go. first thing to say is it is hard others will go. first thing to say is it is hard to others will go. first thing to say is it is hard to certify others will go. first thing to say is it is hard to certify any - others will go. first thing to say is it is hard to certify any of i is it is hard to certify any of the parties mention. there s a lot of disillusionment. speaking to voters across greater manchester, the wings that keep coming up is and waiting lists, cost of living. ithink people really struggled over the last few years and that perhaps it feeds into the essence of disillusionment that they don t really trust if it will make a difference and that politics will ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS The Media Show 20240604 02:36:00

With the national service policy to poke fun at the conservatives. so if you ve got a young team who is really well versed with these sorts of subcultures and trends on tiktok, then you can leverage it really hard. but there are other good ways to use, you know, tiktok for content as well, where you can engage with voters and respond to videos. well, we re also joined by sam jeffers, who s the founder of who targets you, an organisation that campaigns for transparency in the way politicians campaign online. sam, what s your reaction to what sean has said? i mean, do you have your suspicions about the online tactics used by political parties? the suspicions, - maybe not so much. i mean, ithink, you know,| one of the things that s sort of been a positive over the last few years hasl been there is now more - transparency at least, right? you can actually see the ads. people are generally running, roughly the audiences they rel trying to reach with those ads. you can see - what they re say ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS The Media Show 20240604 02:40:00

If i could bring you in, i mean, do you think these ad campaigns contribute positively to political discourse? well, it depends what they are and what they re trying to say. i m really struck by what sean said, about you ve got to talk to voters where they are. if you want to talk to people where they are now, we are on social media. so i think it s less a case of it s a new thing to use technology and it transforms politics, it s more a case of political parties always want to reach us and persuade us and get us to do things. we re not usually members of political parties any more. a lot of the old kind of traditional ways to reach us have maybe fallen away. but what we do have is social media. i m quite tickled by the mutually assured destruction. like, we ve got a budget and we have to spend it! katy balls from the spectator, i mean, ijust said earlier, you ve written recently about tiktok. i was saying earlier i was surprised that rishi sunak was doing his, you know, his first tikt ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS The Context 20240604 20:50:00

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I asking him if he would be a member? i would asking him if he would be a member? i would vote asking him if he would be a member? i would vote for asking him if he would be a member? i would vote for the asking him if he would be a member? i would vote for the labour i would vote for the labour candidate to get the green candidates in bristol, for example. ithink candidates in bristol, for example. i think a candidates in bristol, for example. i think a lot candidates in bristol, for example. i think a lot of us are now beyond voting i think a lot of us are now beyond voting for i think a lot of us are now beyond voting for parties, because with all due respect to tom, i think he is a really due respect to tom, i think he is a really sincere public servant, but his promises on immigration made today his promises on immigration made today were his promises on immigration made today were all of us can remember david today were all of us can remember david cameron t ....

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