The BBC has published the transcript of the first prime ministerial debates which were broadcast on ITV yesterday.
With a bit of hacking around the text I’ve put together a few Wordle clouds to visualise what the individual contributors said. Entirely unscientific and just for a bit of fun…
Alastair Stewart (ITV host)
Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats)
Gordon Brown (Labour)
David Cameron (Conservatives)
Audience Members
All speakers overall
I really like this….gives a quick feel for what their strategies were on the night…..also I noticed David Cameron used "I think" quite a bit….what he thinks seemed to be quite important to him, at expense of, gosh darn it, real facts…
Hi Einar,
This is great. I like how the cloud itself creates phrases through its layout – "government things want money"; "immigration make good policy"
Yes, patterns can be pretty amusing in subverting original message 😉