BBC’s election night ritual humiliation of Jeremy Vine over for another year
Posted on May 5, 2012Pity Jeremy Vine; one of Britain’s brainiest journalists and host of an extremely popular national radio show, when he became the anointed heir to the fabled BBC election swingometer, he must have thought he was destined to be like Peter Snow, a fabled sage one day retiring to the mountain peaks of election night legend.
It hasn’t quite turned out like that. For some reason, the insightful Peter Snow swingometer process seems to have been replaced with an annual ritual humiliation of Jeremy Vine. I don’t know what he’s done to deserve it, but he seems to be a producer’s piñata.
Emily Maitlis got a rather snazzy touchscreen to present the results as they came in, so Vine must wonder: why me?
On election night 2008, he dressed up as a cowboy to illustrate Nick Clegg’s vote share, putting on a cringeworthy accent and miming shooting cans:
Then there was election night 2007. which took an inexplicable Ali G theme with Vine being forced to present Lib Dem results as “Ming’s Bling”:
This year, at least the embarrassing costumes and attempts to be down with the kids were gone, but they still got poor Jeremy down on his hands and knees on the floor.
Apparently he was tracing the route of a bizarre walk you could do hypothetically do from London all the way to Land’s End without ever passing through a council with a Labour representative – which may, I suppose, appeal to those who plan their rambling on the basis of local electoral geography. If you meet someone like that, do let me know – I’d advise backing away from them slowly, before fleeing for your own safety.
Tags: 2007, 2008, 2012, BBC, Cowboy Clegg, Election Night, Jeremy Vine, Menzies Campbell, Ming Campbell, Ming's Bling, Nick Clegg, opinion, Politics
Categories: Opinion, Politics, Westminster
Yeah..a typical BBC Cretin..an overpaid Labour Stooge!
05.05.2012 23:43
A truly supercilious, condescending, BBC luvvie. He also presents the qui show “Eggheads” and he is awful at that too.
Should his name be Jeremy Wein(stein)?
06.05.2012 08:41
I thought the entire BBC TV election night programme was pathetic – the touchscreen information flashed through too quickly (especially if the Tories hadn’t lost LOTS of seats ona particular council), Mr Vine’s shoes got lot of coverage but the viewers saw little useful information …I could go on but I have reached the conclusion that the Beed treats elections as a sort of rag-week sketch show ….great fun for the ‘in crowd’ and of limited value/interest to their unlucky audience.
06.05.2012 10:51
Maybe it’s because Jeremy Vine is a prime AlJaBeeba wankers wanker?
06.05.2012 13:47
The current bbc is a sad, made in a sweatshop for 10p, bias imitation of a once great british institution. Once when the beeb spoke, you listened. Now the bbc is like the mad old incontinent auntie who gibbers, dribbles and wets herself for reasons unknown.
06.05.2012 15:05
I watched an old clip of Richard Dimbleby. He was giving NPOV background to the mass killings which were taking place in Rwanda in 1959. It was proper journalism. It contained articulate and reasoned thought. I learnt more about Rwandan history in one minute than in all the hours I saw of coverage of the 90′s genocide. It is inconceivable to imagine such a piece being broadcast by the BBC of today. Especially by his sons.
He must be turning in his grave.
06.05.2012 18:14
Brainiest? How do you measure such a thing? Great Actor perhaps. He had you fooled.
06.05.2012 18:57
Just my opinion, Brian, as with everything on CBW. By the way, are you alive or is this comment just stored on VHS?
14.05.2012 11:58
More fool him for being ready to prostitute himself for the idiotic producers who dream up these ideas. The BBC is becoming a laughing stock in my Labour heartland.
06.05.2012 21:40
Jeremy Vine brainy, have you ever listened to him on his show, constant jingles from supposed notables like Barbara Windsor and others to inform us we are listening to him, really patronising, he has the ego of Tony Blair, even calling himself on twatter “THE Jeremy Vine” how many others are there? he has no knowledge of life outside of university and the BBC as can be heard every day when he is talking to the public, we listen to him as he gives us hours of laughter and fun.
07.05.2012 10:09
I will take your word for it that he is brainier than most journos, but his left wing credentials are all too obvious, which is typical for the BBC but the antithesis of a good broadcaster and interviewer.
07.05.2012 11:02