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Radio 4,7 mins

'I'm glad I'm retired from election coverage'

Westminster Hour

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Election analyst and swingometer pioneer Sir David Butler said he's glad he's not covering elections today. Now aged 94, he told Westminster Hour reporter Keith Macdougall that social media and changing voter behaviour has made elections less predictable.

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