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WATCH: Cameramen get into “proper scrap” in effort to get the best shots at UK polling station

Published 14:29 8 Jun 2017 BST

Conor Heneghan
WATCH: Cameramen get into “proper scrap” in effort to get the best shots at UK polling station

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Whoever they were trying to get a picture of at that polling station must be very important.

In such a hotly contested election as the general election taking place in the UK today, there was always a chance that tempers could flare. Rather than words being exchanged between rival supporters of the Conservative, Labour and other contesting parties, however, it was a bunch of cameramen who engaged in the most vigorous battle yet in an effort to get the best vantage point at the door of one rain-sodden polling station. Footage captured by the BBC shows TV cameramen and photographers aggressively jostling for position and when one cameraman hits the floor as a result, others take action by aggressively interfering with the equipment of the TV cameraman closest to the door. All the while, a female voice can be heard narrating events in the background, describing it as a “proper scrap” and letting out a shriek shortly before the end. https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/872782353936130049 ‘Handbags’ would probably be a more appropriate term under the circumstances.

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WATCH: Cameramen get into “proper scrap” in effort to get the best shots at UK polling station