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Comment on BBC Parliament’s ’92 Election Bonanza by rosieniven

rosieniven — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:16:16 +0000

Yes! Surprising when the average salary is now little over £26,000. Shame house prices have risen quicker (speaking as a first time buyer). Thanks for the comments so far.

Comment on BBC Parliament’s ’92 Election Bonanza by benlowndes

benlowndes — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:15:08 +0000

Average earnings £20,000 a year in 1992. Blimey!

Comment on BBC Parliament’s ’92 Election Bonanza by rosieniven

rosieniven — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:34:42 +0000

Richard, more of us should have been taping these for posterity. Though I suppose we’d have to find a VHS to play it on now. Looking forward to seeing what the next bank holiday brings up.

Malcolm, they are two very different views of why Labour failed. I guess that’s why Alan Beith was predicting a split although that never materialised. I am not sure I believe the modernisers’ assessment of what went wrong entirely but the polls that were right that day certainly point to not winning over middle England as a major factor.

Comment on BBC Parliament’s ’92 Election Bonanza by Malcolm Boughen

Malcolm Boughen — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:20:39 +0000

Interesting that Ken Livingstone took issue with Tony Blair’s assessment and said that Labour SHOULD have had a 100-seat majority and had failed to achieve that because they had become “too right-wing”. Of course, five years later, Labour achieved that majority with Tony Blair as leader…not Ken Livingstone.

Comment on BBC Parliament’s ’92 Election Bonanza by richardjonesjournalist

richardjonesjournalist — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:28:18 +0000

You might not have to wait that long, BBC Parliament usually shows one of these every Bank Holiday. We need to start a campaign to get ITN to broadcast their old ones too. I remember my dad taped their 1987 coverage so I could watch it later. What a tragic child I was. Alastair Burnet FTW!

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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:37:36 +0000

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Comment on Student journalists in the community: Learning and legacy by rosieniven

rosieniven — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:07:45 +0000

“Any would-be journalist needs to understand and make sense of the world around them and build relationships with people. What better place to start to learn this than the area where you live or study? ”

Great advice Ben. As a Sheffield University graduate I agree that the relationship has worked in the city, certainly better than in Leeds where neighbourhoods have become student ghettos (although I understand that things are changing for the better in Leeds).

I think that students have potential to put something back into the community whatever they are studying and creating a quality, sustainable hyperlocal blog is a excellent way of doing this. And as you say the odd one could even rival mainstream media. Maybe this is something that university enterprise hubs should be supporting?