Old Newscast, 2010 Election: The Coalition (Part 1)

旧闻播报,2010年选举:联合政府(第一部分)

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2026-08-15

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Today, we look at the five days that followed the 2010 General Election. David Cameron’s Conservative party had won the most seats but not an overall majority. Through deals and bargaining, he would have to form a coalition government. But how did it happen? The BBC's Gary O’Donaghue and Carole Walker, who was at the BBC at the time but is now at Times Radio, take us through what they saw first hand. This is the first of two episodes on the coalition talks and it is part of our Summer series of Old Newscasts focussing on pivotal electoral moments from 1997-2016. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on 0330 123 9480. New episodes are released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Miranda Slade. The social producer was Gabriel Purcell-Davies. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • Hello and welcome back to some more old newscast.

  • This is our summer series where we're looking at big political moments in the UK, normally elections

  • or votes, between 1997 and 2016. Our previous set of episodes was about the 2010 election,

  • which we covered with Joe Corburn and Nick Robinson.

  • And that left us with these results.

  • The Conservatives had won 97 seats, which put them on 307 seats.

  • Labour had lost 91, which put them on 258. And the Liberal Democrats had lost five.

  • Which put them on 57. You will notice no party has enough seats to govern as a majority government on its own,

  • which means there's huge uncertainty about...

  • Which party is going to run the country?

  • Uncertainty that would have to be resolved by three men, David Cameron,

  • Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg, over a hectic five days of coalition formation.

  • Newscast.

  • Newscast from the BBC.

  • It's going to be a hung parliament.

  • I understand and completely respect the position of Mr Clegg.

  • It's the Conservative Party.

  • That has more votes.

  • Which way are you inclined to go, Labour or Tory?

  • I want us to work together.