History
Battle buses were first seen in the late 1970s. Before that, reporters followed party leaders in separate cars. The battle bus was a significant feature of the 1987 UK general election as David Owen and David Steel of the SDP-Liberal Alliance each crisscrossed the country in matching battle buses, each painted bright yellow.
By 1992, the journalistic trail had become airborne with the introduction of the battle plane.
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