WRAP Polling stations open, Voxpops , headlines ADDS Cameron voting
(6 May 2010) SHOTLIST UK CLIENTS AND CLIENTS WHO BROADCAST INTO THE UK SHOULD NOTE THE FOLLOWING LEGAL NOTICE: LEGAL NOTICE - UK GENERAL ELECTION POLLING DAY REPORTING RESTRICTIONS Please note that subscribers should ensure that their broadcasts during polling day for the UK General Election comply with the UK's Ofcom Code and other applicable UK laws and regulations to the extent that subscribers are bound by such restrictions. Subscribers should take independent legal advice in relation to any queries which they may have as to their obligations in this regard. AP Television London 1. Skyline showing Westminster parliament buildings ++MUTE++ AP Television London 2. Pull out on Union Jack flag flying over Westminster 3. Exterior of polling station, woman going in to vote 4. Selection of today's newspapers, with headlines regarding elections 5. Close up pan of newspaper headlines, showing some tabloids in favour of Conservative leader David Cameron and some against 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, David Hobson, man voting in Westminster, London "It's going to be a weak government, whichever one wins the election, so whether the Tory party get a majority or whether it's a hung parliament it's going to be a weak government, and that's a concern. Given the state of the public finances, you want a strong government at this time. So that is a concern, but that's the way people are probably going to end up voting." 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, Jules Oldroyd, woman voting in Westminster, London "I think how a new government is going to sort out the national debt, I think that is probably the biggest issue I think this country faces, and facing up to how much debt we have, I think for me, that's what a responsible government needs to do and how we sort out this financial mess that we're in." Pool Witney, Oxfordshire 8. Various exteriors of polling station in Cameron's constituency with banner on roof 9. Close up image of Cameron on banner 10. Man dressed as chicken with "Daily Mirror" (tabloid newspaper) T-shirt on, walking past press 11. Police outside polling station 12. Wide of polling station, press gathered in road outside 13. Road, police, press, chicken man, pan to polling station Pool Witney, Oxfordshire 14. Conservative party leader David Cameron and wife, Samantha, leaving their home to drive to polling station 15. Camerons arrive to vote, enter polling station 16. Camerons pose for photographs outside polling station 17. Camerons get into car and drive away STORYLINE Polls in Britain's parliamentary elections opened early on Thursday in a race that is likely to reshape the country's politics in historic ways. Should Gordon Brown cling to power, his Labour Party will have pulled off one of the most unlikely political comebacks in modern times. Victory for the Conservatives' David Cameron would return his once-discredited party to office after 13 years. More likely, in an election with important consequences for everything from the war in Afghanistan to the global economy, there will be no clear winner but an unprecedented boost for the Liberal Democrats and their leader Nick Clegg. Britain's tabloids pulled the trigger in Thursday's race with the Daily Mirror running a picture of Cameron along with the words, "Prime Minister? Really?" The Sun, meanwhile, superimposed Cameron's face onto US President Barack Obama's infamous technicolor poster that read, "Hope". Only months ago, most thought the election would be the Conservatives' for the taking, but that was before the perfect political storm started brewing. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
