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  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787

    how 'bout 11 across?

    69 down ...
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 55,628
    edited May 2016

    The passenger manifest for MS804 contained no known names on current terror watch lists, three European security officials have said, according to the Associated Press news agency.

    Interesting update. Moves the likely scenario towards a planted bomb rather than some sort of unlawful interference.

    I also hope they're scrutinising the manifests from previous flights of the aircraft, it's a short haul aircraft making several flights a day, it visited Brussles, Asmara and Tunis (all out and return from Cairo) in the 24 hours before the accident.
    https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/su-gcc
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @rowenamason: Senior remain source on Vote Leave Turkey video: "Gove may be mouthing the words, but Farage is writing the tune" https://t.co/OkWKXdnk48

    @rafaelbehr: Gove more liberal than most Tory MPs on immigration. He resisted May's hard line in cabinet. He's demeaning himself with this ukippy script.
  • Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    Umm

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/20/black-studies-university-course-long-overdue

    "Movements such as Why is My Curriculum White? and Rhodes Must Fall show that students are tired of some of the unrepresentative and outdated knowledge and experiences being reproduced in British universities. And when students cannot relate to the subject matter of the courses they become alienated and disinterested."
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    edited May 2016

    Umm

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/20/black-studies-university-course-long-overdue

    "Movements such as Why is My Curriculum White? and Rhodes Must Fall show that students are tired of some of the unrepresentative and outdated knowledge and experiences being reproduced in British universities. And when students cannot relate to the subject matter of the courses they become alienated and disinterested."

    Birmingham City University (BCU) - that will be the highly rated (by highly I mean ~90th best uni) otherwise known as Brum Poly...

    Enroll here for Black Studies at BCU for a future career in a call centre, with free added chip on your shoulder about how racist the world is.
  • David_EvershedDavid_Evershed Posts: 6,506

    Arsenal to sign Granit Xhaka as midfielder heads to London for final transfer talks

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/20/arsenal-to-sign-granit-xhaka-as-midfielder-heads-to-london-to-co/

    Cos you know Arsenal don't have enough midfielders...where as they just have way too many world class defenders and strikers....

    Arsenal going for a 2-8-1 formation next season?


    8 Across?
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 62,080
    Mr. P, only an anecdote, but Turkey potentially joining was cited by the only one of my mother's friends to be a definite Leaver as the reason why (the friend is a former Lib Dem voter. A sort of sensible lefty, not unlike Mr. Observer).

    Turkey isn't a worry just for naturally Kippers or the right side of the Conservatives.
  • anothernickanothernick Posts: 3,591

    Just had our pink notices for the referendum confirming the postal votes will be with us around 3rd June. So just over two weeks to postal votes going in.

    RO's office at my local council say they have been inundated with queries, registrations and PV applications. Looks like there is a high level of interest which suggests turnout will be high.
  • David_EvershedDavid_Evershed Posts: 6,506

    Umm

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/20/black-studies-university-course-long-overdue

    "Movements such as Why is My Curriculum White? and Rhodes Must Fall show that students are tired of some of the unrepresentative and outdated knowledge and experiences being reproduced in British universities. And when students cannot relate to the subject matter of the courses they become alienated and disinterested."


    Students choose wrong course - blame chosen universirty.
  • NormNorm Posts: 1,251
    edited May 2016
    Scott_P said:

    @rowenamason: Senior remain source on Vote Leave Turkey video: "Gove may be mouthing the words, but Farage is writing the tune" https://t.co/OkWKXdnk48

    @rafaelbehr: Gove more liberal than most Tory MPs on immigration. He resisted May's hard line in cabinet. He's demeaning himself with this ukippy script.

    Sad you have taken to parroting Guardian journalists to support your case.
  • dugarbandierdugarbandier Posts: 2,596
    JackW said:

    how 'bout 11 across?

    69 down ...
    flirtatious for a 110 year old..
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    edited May 2016
    'Boomerang Poms' flee Australia's traffic and TV

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-36299682

    Bloody lazy immigrants not integrating...
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,312
    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    Wrong type of phone poll.
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 55,628
    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The 7/2 probably isn't bad value if the polls really are all over the place.

    Didn't we have an 18 point Remain the other day, so a 20 point polling spread?
  • dugarbandierdugarbandier Posts: 2,596
    tlg86 said:

    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    Wrong type of phone poll.
    phone polls on the leaves on the tracks
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    Never heard of a YouGov Phone Poll before. What is their track record with phone polls?
  • Plato_SaysPlato_Says Posts: 11,822
    I knew it wasn't Mossad posting on PB.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    edited May 2016
    What is this bollocks in the cricket....is Cook in cahoots with the Indian bookies?
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 32,726
    Norm said:

    Scott_P said:

    @rowenamason: Senior remain source on Vote Leave Turkey video: "Gove may be mouthing the words, but Farage is writing the tune" https://t.co/OkWKXdnk48

    @rafaelbehr: Gove more liberal than most Tory MPs on immigration. He resisted May's hard line in cabinet. He's demeaning himself with this ukippy script.

    Sad you have taken to parroting Guardian journalists to support your case.
    No surprise. He supports a Guardian Government
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,387
    "Households will be paying £100 more for their annual bills within five years to fund four government policies designed to keep the lights on and support low-carbon electricity, according to a review."

    Can't blame Ed Davey any more - 100% Tory DECC.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @YvetteCooperMP: Farage says today loads of Tories will join UKIP after referendum. Looks from today's speech as if Gove will be one of them
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,663
    edited May 2016

    "Households will be paying £100 more for their annual bills within five years to fund four government policies designed to keep the lights on and support low-carbon electricity, according to a review."

    Can't blame Ed Davey any more - 100% Tory DECC.

    Tories a bit too airy fairy lefty greeny for you on this one @SandyRentool :D ?

    You're right though, this could have come straight from Ed Davey. Or Ed Miliband even ;)
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 63,567

    Re Toby Young rumour of Guardian closing...Director of Publishing at Guardian News & Media.

    https://twitter.com/reFurness/status/733661401399595008

    Just don't ask about the £35k sofas hidden in the store cupboard...

    Better not be true. I need my daily fix on a proper dead tree.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 63,567
    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Well, YouGov are saying Leave is winning at the moment, but then says: "we still believe Remain will prevail in the end."
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,387
    Pulpstar said:

    "Households will be paying £100 more for their annual bills within five years to fund four government policies designed to keep the lights on and support low-carbon electricity, according to a review."

    Can't blame Ed Davey any more - 100% Tory DECC.

    Tories a bit too airy fairy lefty greeny for you on this one @SandyRentool :D ?

    You're right though, this could have come straight from Ed Davey. Or Ed Miliband even ;)
    It isn't the 'green crap' I object to - it is the capacity market nonsense that is just giving money to high-emissions generators, rather than encouraging load-shedding.
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    Scott_P said:

    @YvetteCooperMP: Farage says today loads of Tories will join UKIP after referendum. Looks from today's speech as if Gove will be one of them

    Yvette Cooper Spouting Balls.
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584
    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.


    They might yet herd.
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,387
    JackW said:

    Scott_P said:

    @YvetteCooperMP: Farage says today loads of Tories will join UKIP after referendum. Looks from today's speech as if Gove will be one of them

    Yvette Cooper Spouting Balls.
    She used to when they were newlyweds.
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,822
    SeanT said:

    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Well, YouGov are saying Leave is winning at the moment, but then says: "we still believe Remain will prevail in the end."
    Nonetheless it calls for a bit more than a disinterested shrug. This is a phone poll with LEAVE ahead. It's also a polling company putting their cullions on the line and saying Leavers are under sampled.

    At the very least it has big betting implications.
    Which is why we covered it earlier.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 63,567
    SeanT said:

    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Well, YouGov are saying Leave is winning at the moment, but then says: "we still believe Remain will prevail in the end."
    Nonetheless it calls for a bit more than a disinterested shrug. This is a phone poll with LEAVE ahead. It's also a polling company putting their cullions on the line and saying Leavers are under sampled.

    At the very least it has big betting implications.
    I'd agree on that. In fact put a few more quid on Leave this morning myself.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,663
    SeanT said:

    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Well, YouGov are saying Leave is winning at the moment, but then says: "we still believe Remain will prevail in the end."
    Nonetheless it calls for a bit more than a disinterested shrug. This is a phone poll with LEAVE ahead. It's also a polling company putting their cullions on the line and saying Leavers are under sampled.

    At the very least it has big betting implications.
    I felt it called for a bet on Leave with 888 for £20 personally at 15-4.

    I doubt the price will get any bigger than that.

    Mind you I am also backing Wales to vote "Remain" at 4-9 for ~ £50...
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited May 2016
    I cannot think a single thing that would be funnier or more uplifting to see Leave sneak it in a month. There is no God, however, and so Remain remain overwhelmingly likely to have more votes than Leave. Damn it.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Pulpstar said:

    SeanT said:

    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Well, YouGov are saying Leave is winning at the moment, but then says: "we still believe Remain will prevail in the end."
    Nonetheless it calls for a bit more than a disinterested shrug. This is a phone poll with LEAVE ahead. It's also a polling company putting their cullions on the line and saying Leavers are under sampled.

    At the very least it has big betting implications.
    I felt it called for a bet on Leave with 888 for £20 personally at 15-4.

    I doubt the price will get any bigger than that.

    Mind you I am also backing Wales to vote "Remain" at 4-9 for ~ £50...
    I think at one point Remain are going to be 1.01 on Betfair ;)
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 18,003
    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    They also say that Remain are winning.

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/732840525754142720?lang=en-gb

    YouGov reckon that their phone poll is better than the others due to getting the educational balance of the sample right. Perhaps. I suspect that the lack of enthusiasm is down to scepticism at YouGov's as-yet unproven methodology.
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Calm down dear ....

    PBers don't do excited over EU polls after tea and are more concerned about whether Sri Lanka avoid the follow-on.

  • MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034
    Anyone seen The Lobster? The trailer looks intriguing and it's a great cast.
  • If this is going to become a polling disaster I think it will be from differential turnout. Remain seem to be a trifle complacent now.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 18,003
    Sandpit said:

    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The 7/2 probably isn't bad value if the polls really are all over the place.

    Didn't we have an 18 point Remain the other day, so a 20 point polling spread?
    I agree. There's so much uncertainty that Leave are excellent value. Leave also have the elderly on their side, who vote, though they also have non-graduates on their side, who don't so much (though the two will be related given the increase in graduates among younger age groups).
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,663

    Pulpstar said:

    SeanT said:

    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Well, YouGov are saying Leave is winning at the moment, but then says: "we still believe Remain will prevail in the end."
    Nonetheless it calls for a bit more than a disinterested shrug. This is a phone poll with LEAVE ahead. It's also a polling company putting their cullions on the line and saying Leavers are under sampled.

    At the very least it has big betting implications.
    I felt it called for a bet on Leave with 888 for £20 personally at 15-4.

    I doubt the price will get any bigger than that.

    Mind you I am also backing Wales to vote "Remain" at 4-9 for ~ £50...
    I think at one point Remain are going to be 1.01 on Betfair ;)
    Might well be a great bet at that point too - we'll have more relevant information by that time I expect though !
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584
    MTimT said:

    Anyone seen The Lobster? The trailer looks intriguing and it's a great cast.

    Yes. Weird, weird story.

    But fascinating enough to be worth watching.

  • MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034

    MTimT said:

    Anyone seen The Lobster? The trailer looks intriguing and it's a great cast.

    Yes. Weird, weird story.

    But fascinating enough to be worth watching.

    Thanks
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 55,628
    JackW said:

    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Calm down dear ....

    PBers don't do excited over EU polls after tea and are more concerned about whether Sri Lanka avoid the follow-on.

    They're gonna avoid the follow on.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,663
    Sandpit said:

    JackW said:

    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Calm down dear ....

    PBers don't do excited over EU polls after tea and are more concerned about whether Sri Lanka avoid the follow-on.

    They're gonna avoid the follow on.
    Struggling with the crossword 4 down
  • MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034
    Perfect timing!
    Pulpstar said:

    Sandpit said:

    JackW said:

    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Calm down dear ....

    PBers don't do excited over EU polls after tea and are more concerned about whether Sri Lanka avoid the follow-on.

    They're gonna avoid the follow on.
    Struggling with the crossword 4 down
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 63,567
    Patrick said:

    If this is going to become a polling disaster I think it will be from differential turnout. Remain seem to be a trifle complacent now.

    YouGov should wake them up. Plus, young voters - they are desperately working the campuses to get voter registration I believe, but what a terrible time to run a poll (exams just about ending; Glastonbury weekend; summer hols starting etc etc).
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 55,628
    edited May 2016
    MTimT said:

    Perfect timing!

    Pulpstar said:

    Sandpit said:

    JackW said:

    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Calm down dear ....

    PBers don't do excited over EU polls after tea and are more concerned about whether Sri Lanka avoid the follow-on.

    They're gonna avoid the follow on.
    Struggling with the crossword 4 down
    Keep playing in the dark please!

    Good to see the players engaging with the kids in the crowd during the enforced break, that sort of thing means so much to those who get an autograph or a photo :+1:
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838

    Sandpit said:

    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The 7/2 probably isn't bad value if the polls really are all over the place.

    Didn't we have an 18 point Remain the other day, so a 20 point polling spread?
    I agree. There's so much uncertainty that Leave are excellent value. Leave also have the elderly on their side, who vote, though they also have non-graduates on their side, who don't so much (though the two will be related given the increase in graduates among younger age groups).
    I agree.

    I wonder at what point people think Remain would be value. Alastair set out the case for 1/4 earlier. I personally wouldn't back Remain at shorter than 2/5.
  • MarkSeniorMarkSenior Posts: 4,699
    The Yougov telephone poll was carried out by a company called Feedback Market Research a name on everyones tip of the tongue as a renowned experienced political telephone pollster who are also not a member of the BPC
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,663
    Wanderer said:

    Sandpit said:

    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The 7/2 probably isn't bad value if the polls really are all over the place.

    Didn't we have an 18 point Remain the other day, so a 20 point polling spread?
    I agree. There's so much uncertainty that Leave are excellent value. Leave also have the elderly on their side, who vote, though they also have non-graduates on their side, who don't so much (though the two will be related given the increase in graduates among younger age groups).
    I agree.

    I wonder at what point people think Remain would be value. Alastair set out the case for 1/4 earlier. I personally wouldn't back Remain at shorter than 2/5.
    I think 2-5 / 5-2 is the fair price given what we know and don't know.
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,301
    Will Corbyn share a platform for Remain with Cameron, or will he just go off on holiday?
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 54,249
    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The test? Far more interesting, despite the weather.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 18,003
    Wanderer said:

    Sandpit said:

    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The 7/2 probably isn't bad value if the polls really are all over the place.

    Didn't we have an 18 point Remain the other day, so a 20 point polling spread?
    I agree. There's so much uncertainty that Leave are excellent value. Leave also have the elderly on their side, who vote, though they also have non-graduates on their side, who don't so much (though the two will be related given the increase in graduates among younger age groups).
    I agree.

    I wonder at what point people think Remain would be value. Alastair set out the case for 1/4 earlier. I personally wouldn't back Remain at shorter than 2/5.
    I wouldn't go below 4/7. I reckon par is a touch below 1/2.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    Supporters of Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr storm Baghdad Green Zone again, with reports of several people wounded
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 64,150
    SL 48 for 4 now
  • MarkSeniorMarkSenior Posts: 4,699
    SeanT said:

    The Yougov telephone poll was carried out by a company called Feedback Market Research a name on everyones tip of the tongue as a renowned experienced political telephone pollster who are also not a member of the BPC

    You're close to libeling a respected pollster. Tsk. OGH will not approve.
    Where is the libel you hysterical halfwit ?
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838

    Wanderer said:

    Sandpit said:

    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The 7/2 probably isn't bad value if the polls really are all over the place.

    Didn't we have an 18 point Remain the other day, so a 20 point polling spread?
    I agree. There's so much uncertainty that Leave are excellent value. Leave also have the elderly on their side, who vote, though they also have non-graduates on their side, who don't so much (though the two will be related given the increase in graduates among younger age groups).
    I agree.

    I wonder at what point people think Remain would be value. Alastair set out the case for 1/4 earlier. I personally wouldn't back Remain at shorter than 2/5.
    I wouldn't go below 4/7. I reckon par is a touch below 1/2.
    Well we can't be accused of group-think.
  • MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034
    On a totally different subject, I got a call today from out of the blue from a former ABC producer I knew back in the early 90s. He wants me to do a 45 minute (!) session on Sandra Bernhard's Sirius radio comedy show - on bioterrorism! I've said yes, and we'll do the interview into the can next month. But have to say I'm a little filled with trepidation - first time appearing on a comedy show. Perhaps I should start listening to her show to get a feel for it. Don't know yet when (if) it will air.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,663

    Supporters of Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr storm Baghdad Green Zone again, with reports of several people wounded

    Whoa ? Baghdad o_O

    I thought that was a proper Sunni stronghold !

    Is he ISIS related - last thing I heard they were being pushed back...
  • OllyTOllyT Posts: 5,006
    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The fieldwork is over 3 weeks old I believe, hence lack of excitement by Leavers.
  • MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053

    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    They also say that Remain are winning.

    https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/732840525754142720?lang=en-gb

    YouGov reckon that their phone poll is better than the others due to getting the educational balance of the sample right. Perhaps. I suspect that the lack of enthusiasm is down to scepticism at YouGov's as-yet unproven methodology.
    Mike Smithson keeping shtum on this until the poll turns the other way. ;)
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    edited May 2016

    SeanT said:

    The Yougov telephone poll was carried out by a company called Feedback Market Research a name on everyones tip of the tongue as a renowned experienced political telephone pollster who are also not a member of the BPC

    You're close to libeling a respected pollster. Tsk. OGH will not approve.
    Where is the libel you hysterical halfwit ?
    Chortle .... :smiley:

    Lib(el)Dem Not Taking Prisoners Here
  • chestnutchestnut Posts: 7,341
    SeanT said:

    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    Well, YouGov are saying Leave is winning at the moment, but then says: "we still believe Remain will prevail in the end."
    Nonetheless it calls for a bit more than a disinterested shrug. This is a phone poll with LEAVE ahead. It's also a polling company putting their cullions on the line and saying Leavers are under sampled.

    At the very least it has big betting implications.
    Their repeat call approach to chase down non-responses more closely resembles 'gold standard' social research polling.

    John Curtice has put his name to a paper that essentially vindicates this approach as superior.
  • MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034
    Pulpstar said:

    Supporters of Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr storm Baghdad Green Zone again, with reports of several people wounded

    Whoa ? Baghdad o_O

    I thought that was a proper Sunni stronghold !

    Is he ISIS related - last thing I heard they were being pushed back...
    Moqtada Sadr was the original bad boy Shi'a before al Qaeeda and ISIS, caused the Brits a lot of trouble down south and nearly scuppered several deals to form governments.

    Baghdad is a very mixed city with some areas Sunni and others Shi'a. Sadr City is a Shi'a stronghold.
  • MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053
    Turkey becoming one party state
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36344314
    The Turkish parliament has approved a controversial bill that will strip MPs of their immunity from prosecution.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    edited May 2016
    Pulpstar said:

    Supporters of Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr storm Baghdad Green Zone again, with reports of several people wounded

    Whoa ? Baghdad o_O

    I thought that was a proper Sunni stronghold !

    Is he ISIS related - last thing I heard they were being pushed back...
    Not ISIS...Moqtada Sadr and his mob have been about for ages. They are a law unto themselves. Another group of nutters among many.

    http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/iraq-reinvention-muqtada-al-sadr-160309061939234.html
  • blackburn63blackburn63 Posts: 4,492
    Polls schmolls, no idea why people get excited by them, they've become nothing more than a money making exercise for polling companies. They simply produce (within the law) a favourable outcome for whoever is paying.

    Both sides have played all their cards, with the possible exception of Leave and immigration, its now all down to events and mistakes.

    Leave to win on a low turnout I repeat again, if we're getting bored on here consider those with only a vague interest.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,714
    MikeK said:

    Turkey becoming one party state
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36344314
    The Turkish parliament has approved a controversial bill that will strip MPs of their immunity from prosecution.

    Relax it;s primarily aimed at the Kurds as Erdogan drifts further in to authoritaianism.

    Nothing to worry about, we;ll send him more money.
  • VapidBilgeVapidBilge Posts: 412

    Re Toby Young rumour of Guardian closing...Director of Publishing at Guardian News & Media.

    https://twitter.com/reFurness/status/733661401399595008

    Just don't ask about the £35k sofas hidden in the store cupboard...

    This is serious.

    What will North Londoners put at the bottom of their budgie cages?
  • There once was a chap called TSE,

    Who looked upon phone polls with Glee,

    Then one came in from Yougov,

    Like a bolt from above,

    And throughly.ruined his tea.
  • VapidBilgeVapidBilge Posts: 412
    OllyT said:

    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The fieldwork is over 3 weeks old I believe, hence lack of excitement by Leavers.
    Yes, that the trouble with this Gold Standard polling.

    By the time all the targets are contacted, time has passed and the results are no longer fresh.
  • MarkSeniorMarkSenior Posts: 4,699
    SeanT said:

    SeanT said:

    The Yougov telephone poll was carried out by a company called Feedback Market Research a name on everyones tip of the tongue as a renowned experienced political telephone pollster who are also not a member of the BPC

    You're close to libeling a respected pollster. Tsk. OGH will not approve.
    Where is the libel you hysterical halfwit ?
    You're close to saying YouGov have knowingly employed dodgy researchers.

    Only someone with a twisted mind like yours would think that . Now I know it is a tough question for you but we can compare the results from 5 BPC member telephone pollsters with 1 non BPC telephone pollster with no track record of political polling , which one do you hysterically screech about ?.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    edited May 2016
    Right lads, this lot are pretty decent outfit....heard they have got a new signing this season...oh christ...

    http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/cricket/watch-andrew-flintoff-hit-huge-11359998
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838
    OllyT said:

    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The fieldwork is over 3 weeks old I believe, hence lack of excitement by Leavers.
    I wouldn't discount it for that reason as there's some hint of a move to Leave since then.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 61,262
    SeanT said:
    The reason we're ignoring it is because it doesn't fit the narrative.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453

    Both sides have played all their cards

    I have lost count of the number of times that has been claimed (wrongly) so far
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    Steven Finn's 'happy place'

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03vflfk

    And they wonder why he doesn't send them down at 94 mph any more. I highly doubt the likes of Marshall, Lillee, Donald, Lee thought about baby rhinos and their happy place...
  • blackburn63blackburn63 Posts: 4,492
    SeanT said:

    Polls schmolls, no idea why people get excited by them, they've become nothing more than a money making exercise for polling companies. They simply produce (within the law) a favourable outcome for whoever is paying.

    Both sides have played all their cards, with the possible exception of Leave and immigration, its now all down to events and mistakes.

    Leave to win on a low turnout I repeat again, if we're getting bored on here consider those with only a vague interest.

    What a ridiculous statement. This is a polIticalbetting website. Of course we look at the polls. And discuss them endlessly. It's all we've got apart from anecdotal evidence.

    If people don't wanna talk about polls and politics then they probably shouldn't visit polIticalbetting.com
    Nah, you can picture pb.ers punching the air when a favourable poll is released, like I do when Spurs score, followed by a loud YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS, get in.

    The pollsters are either guessers or simply keeping their clients happy. They're all over the place, the majority have to be wrong.
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    SeanT said:

    WHY AREN'T PB LEAVERS MORE EXCITED??

    YouGov says you're winning. Outright WINNING

    Its all out war for the pollsters. One or more of them might be finished, reputationally, after this.

    I was excited then I read tomorrow's Meeks blogpost on why we were all silly to think about voting leave.

  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,663

    Steven Finn's 'happy place'

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03vflfk

    And they wonder why he doesn't send them down at 94 mph any more. I highly doubt the likes of Marshall, Lillee, Donald, Lee thought about baby rhinos and their happy place...

    Always alot of "Save the Rhino" drives on whenever the Sky boys are covering cricket in Africa, and a good job Beefy does on it too :)
  • blackburn63blackburn63 Posts: 4,492
    Scott_P said:

    Both sides have played all their cards

    I have lost count of the number of times that has been claimed (wrongly) so far
    What do Remain play next that's new?
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    http://order-order.com/2016/05/20/crick-crickd/

    Apparently lack of resources has meant Crick missed Labour and Lib Dem dodgy spending....pull the other one its got bells on it.
  • chestnutchestnut Posts: 7,341
    Yougov Online – April 2nd 2015

    Conservative 37 (-0.8)
    Labour 35 (+3.8)
    Lib Dem 7 (-1.1)
    UKIP 12 (-0.9)

    One poll later, they undertook a re-weighting (https://yougov.co.uk/news/2015/04/08/labour-lead-2/) and the accuracy of their polling never recovered.
  • blackburn63blackburn63 Posts: 4,492
    I keep being told the WWC outside of London are enthusiastic Remainers. Perhaps Mrs Duffy bucks the trend.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,451
    edited May 2016
    Scott_P said:
    The eminently sensible Mrs Duffy know's what's what. She'd make a better job of running the country than these Posh Boys anyway.
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838

    SeanT said:
    The reason we're ignoring it is because it doesn't fit the narrative.
    It's getting a lot of attention for something that's being ignored.
  • MarkSeniorMarkSenior Posts: 4,699
    SeanT said:

    SeanT said:

    SeanT said:

    The Yougov telephone poll was carried out by a company called Feedback Market Research a name on everyones tip of the tongue as a renowned experienced political telephone pollster who are also not a member of the BPC

    You're close to libeling a respected pollster. Tsk. OGH will not approve.
    Where is the libel you hysterical halfwit ?
    You're close to saying YouGov have knowingly employed dodgy researchers.


    Only someone with a twisted mind like yours would think that . Now I know it is a tough question for you but we can compare the results from 5 BPC member telephone pollsters with 1 non BPC telephone pollster with no track record of political polling , which one do you hysterically screech about ?.
    Has it not occurred to you, you dribbling, toad-faced moron, that YouGov might have strayed outside the normal group of pollsters precisely because they believe there is some groupthink tainting the results, hitherto?

    This is the hypothesis which inspired their experiment.
    I am quite sure that ICM would have been happy to use their call centre staff to ask Yougov's questions for them and weight the results as they wish as indeed they have done in the past for other polling companies
    I have a 2nd hand spade for sale which you can have for a modest amount to help dig yourself a deeper hole .
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    Big wicket in the cricket...Mathews gone.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 63,567
    GIN1138 said:

    Scott_P said:
    The eminently sensible Mrs Duffy know's what's what. She'd make a better job of running the country than these Posh Boys anyway.
    I don't understand this advert.
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 55,628
    edited May 2016

    Big wicket in the cricket...Mathews gone.

    Got to be a decent chance of finishing them off this evening.

    Everyone did lay the draw, didn't they?

    Edit: Matthews should have reviewed it, hit him outside the line.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,663
    Meek's post concerning the 1-4 being value was put up before this Yougov revelation, it has changed my mind about where the fair price is slightly ^^; (1-4 -> 2-5 ^_~)
  • OllyTOllyT Posts: 5,006
    Wanderer said:

    OllyT said:

    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The fieldwork is over 3 weeks old I believe, hence lack of excitement by Leavers.
    I wouldn't discount it for that reason as there's some hint of a move to Leave since then.
    I wasn't discounting it, it has some interesting methodological points but at the end of the day it's telling us where things might have stood at the end of April.

    Really not sure there has been any consistent move to Leave at all in the last week or 2. Phone and online polls are consistently significantly out of line with each other so be interesting to see which is closer on June 23rd. Quite clear that by and large everyone is just talking up the polls that confirm what they want to see happen.
  • blackburn63blackburn63 Posts: 4,492
    Pulpstar said:

    Meek's post concerning the 1-4 being value was put up before this Yougov revelation, it has changed my mind about where the fair price is slightly ^^; (1-4 -> 2-5 ^_~)

    If the "fair price" is 2/5 then 4/9 or better is value. Meeks implication was that the "fair price" is 2/9.

    I said at the time that Remain are worthy favourites but at this stage 1/4 is nothing like overpriced.
  • blackburn63blackburn63 Posts: 4,492
    OllyT said:

    Wanderer said:

    OllyT said:

    SeanT said:

    Why are we all ignoring this

    https://twitter.com/samcoatestimes/status/733616835950678016

    A phone poll showing LEAVE ahead. Isn't that explosive? Isn't that... BOOM?

    Or am I missing something?

    The fieldwork is over 3 weeks old I believe, hence lack of excitement by Leavers.
    I wouldn't discount it for that reason as there's some hint of a move to Leave since then.
    I wasn't discounting it, it has some interesting methodological points but at the end of the day it's telling us where things might have stood at the end of April.

    Really not sure there has been any consistent move to Leave at all in the last week or 2. Phone and online polls are consistently significantly out of line with each other so be interesting to see which is closer on June 23rd. Quite clear that by and large everyone is just talking up the polls that confirm what they want to see happen.
    Any thoughts on Mrs Duffy's stance?
  • OllyTOllyT Posts: 5,006

    SeanT said:
    The reason we're ignoring it is because it doesn't fit the narrative.

    No it's because it is so out of date.
  • OllyTOllyT Posts: 5,006

    I keep being told the WWC outside of London are enthusiastic Remainers. Perhaps Mrs Duffy bucks the trend.


    You said there were "very few" WWC Remain voters outside of London. That is simply not true No-one has claimed that the WWC outside of London are all enthusiastic Remainers.
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