OPINION - I'm addicted to old BBC election night broadcasts — this is what I've learnt

On reflection, David Owen was probably too “leading man handsome” to help the SDP break the mould of British politics. That’s right, I’ve been re-watching old BBC election night broadcasts again. This time, it’s back to the Seventies and Eighties for Ted Heath’s miscalculation, Jim Callaghan’s sunny (albeit misplaced) optimism and Margaret Thatcher’s gradual descent into using the royal “we”.