My anecdata is leaning heavily in one direction, the polls to other. I'm going to back my anecdata due to the fact that there are still significant doubts over the reliability and accuracy of polling. I'm going 52-48 for leave.
Also, someone give Paxman a shotgun, some (ie most) of the audience need to be put down.
My anecdata is leaning heavily in one direction, the polls to other. I'm going to back my anecdata due to the fact that there are still significant doubts over the reliability and accuracy of polling. I'm going 52-48 for leave.
Also, someone give Paxman a shotgun, some (ie most) of the audience need to be put down.
Are there any doubts about the reliability and accuracy of anecdotes?
Remain was always favourite but you get the feeling the general public appetite for the EU is about as high as a 2p coin is deep.
By the way, Wales, we'll see you in Paris this weekend and we are likely to win.
It's a bit silly reading so much into these last two polls just because they were the last two to be published. We could have had Opinium and TNS tonight and YouGov and ComRes earlier.
Where has this idea that London is somehow massively different from the rest of the country come from?
Anecdotal, just like many of the other comments on here, but of the dozen or so friends who I've talked to and a similar number of fellow workers, professionals, every single one is voting remain.
That is not because everyone in Manchester is voting remain of course, more that you hang around with people likely to have similar opinions to yourself, you are more likely to have these discussions in the workplace with people of the same mindset.
Anyway, as I say, totally anecdotally, but I would guess that the southern half of Greater Manchester and vast swathes of north Cheshire will be very very heavily Remain tomorrow, probably as much if not more so than London overall.
So the phone/online gap is back - or perhaps just more obvious. At the 2015 GE, the phone polls understated the Tory lead while the online ones *really* understated it. If - and it's a big if - it's anything similar, then Remain would be on for about a 55-45 win.
The first version of the media prism is the right wing one. If you blame the fact your life is **** on " Thatcher " you're accused of being a state dependent cripple blaming others for complex decades long shifts in economics. However the exact same people saying the exact same thing are now being lionised as some sort of archer at a neoAgincourt. Simply because they are blaming immigrants not Thatcher. That aside the prism is assuming their is a ' secret England ' somewhere that's going to vote in rates it's never voted before like Arthur awaking in our hour of need. The problem is indyref told us mobilisation by the dismissed triggers counter countermiobilisation by the affluent.
Doesn't feel like 97 or 2010 when change was clearly coming.
It isn't Remain will most likely win narrowly, probably somewhere between 55-45 and 51-49 as people stick with the status quo as in Scotland for fear of something worse. They will still have the same grudges over immigration etc and when nothing much changes except to see UKIP go up in the polls accordingly! UKIP are the real winners out of a close Remain win, it could be a somewhat pyrrhic victory for the establishment parties
So the phone/online gap is back - or perhaps just more obvious. At the 2015 GE, the phone polls understated the Tory lead while the online ones *really* understated it. If - and it's a big if - it's anything similar, then Remain would be on for about a 55-45 win.
If that happened and I were Dave, I'd be tempted to stay on for 2020 - he'd be politically invincible.
Remain was always favourite but you get the feeling the general public appetite for the EU is about as high as a 2p coin is deep.
By the way, Wales, we'll see you in Paris this weekend and we are likely to win.
It's a bit silly reading so much into these last two polls just because they were the last two to be published. We could have had Opinium and TNS tonight and YouGov and ComRes earlier.
Thats the point. The polls say one or the other but the smell in the air is that really there are comparatively few full-on Euro enthusiasts.
As Will Self put it succinctly, not all Brexiters are racists, but all racists will be voting for Brexit.
Wow! Will Self said something succinctly?!
Did he manage to do it without looking/sounding like a self important pompous git as well? (Actually I enjoy his articles by and large, but good lord he bloviates).
He's also wrong, although naturally I only have anecdote - I know two definite racists who say they're voting Remain - they think Boris will be a disaster, the EU will punish us hard and we'll suffer economically, and apparently even the promise of cutting immigration isn't enough to overcome that.
So the phone/online gap is back - or perhaps just more obvious. At the 2015 GE, the phone polls understated the Tory lead while the online ones *really* understated it. If - and it's a big if - it's anything similar, then Remain would be on for about a 55-45 win.
If that happened and I were Dave, I'd be tempted to stay on for 2020 - he'd be politically invincible.
And UKIP would be the official opposition after 2020 in those circumstances.
It would actually be kind of hilarious if after all this it's something like 60/40 to Remain, and to have the pollsters put an announcement like 'Why in the f*** do you people keep lying to us in our surveys?'
The overall picture from polling is that it's still on a knife-edge.
It was in 2015- but the betting markets called the Tories. Follow the cash.
I'm sorry (not) if I'm being repetitive, but I'm just having too much fun.
I got better odds on Tory maj on the eve of the poll in 2015 than I've just got on Remain.
What odds did you get on Labour largest party 2015? Just remind me. Or 1992 for that matter. Next........
What are you on about?
Tory majority bet WON in 2015. Despite the betting markets not calling it.
Do I have to spell this out....despite the average of polls in 2015 calling Labour the largest party, the betting markets called the Tories as the largest.
Very few people called a Tory majority....but to be clear the betting markets were much closer to a Tory majority than the polls.
My anecdata is leaning heavily in one direction, the polls to other. I'm going to back my anecdata due to the fact that there are still significant doubts over the reliability and accuracy of polling. I'm going 52-48 for leave.
Also, someone give Paxman a shotgun, some (ie most) of the audience need to be put down.
Just back home, some Leicester anecdata:
1) Stronger In leafletting commuters at the Railway station. First street campaigning rhat I have seen. Seem to be getting good reception.
2) Keith Vaz has bunting up at his constituency office - for Leicester City FC. Nothing for Labour In on show. I interpret this as opportunistic inactivity. There are no votes to be had.
3) 90 year old farmer, voting Out. Showed me the front page of the DM. Said that the EU want to replace the Queen with a president. I did point out that half a dozen EU countries are also Monarchies. Didn't seem convinced.
4) Elderly posh lady genuinely undecided, but will vote.
5) WWC older couple walking out of clinic. Not going to vote as "what difference does a single vote make?"
It means I can follow my heart and vote LEAVE, safe in the knowledge that it won't harm my personal finances (via London property etc), and the rest of the country will go REMAIN.
At the same time, I will then have the moral high ground thereafter, and be fully entitled to hurl appalling abuse and accusations of *traitor!!* at anyone who voted REMAIN, when the EU decides to come for the rest of our sovereignty - which, be assured, they will. They really really will.
Despite some phone Leave wins, I guess it comes down to Online and Phone again, at least to see who is closest. But I'm sticking with if the aggregate shows too close to call, and anecdotal is overwhelming, it's alright to predict the latter will add a few more points to the TCTC figures and swing it. 54-46 Leave
Where has this idea that London is somehow massively different from the rest of the country come from?
Anecdotal, just like many of the other comments on here, but of the dozen or so friends who I've talked to and a similar number of fellow workers, professionals, every single one is voting remain.
That is not because everyone in Manchester is voting remain of course, more that you hang around with people likely to have similar opinions to yourself, you are more likely to have these discussions in the workplace with people of the same mindset.
Anyway, as I say, totally anecdotally, but I would guess that the southern half of Greater Manchester and vast swathes of north Cheshire will be very very heavily Remain tomorrow, probably as much if not more so than London overall.
1) The Opinium Wisdom Index showing far, far more people think Remain will win (46-27)
2) The uptick in Cameron satisfaction among Con voters (MORI) - with vast majority of Con voters now satisfied with him
If most people think Remain will win then it's likely it will - people know that many won't follow through with a Leave vote when it comes to the crunch.
And if the vast majority of Con voters are satisfied with Cameron, are the vast majority also going to vote Leave? Again, looks like they won't follow through when it comes to the crunch.
And now the direction of travel is confirmed with ComRes and YouGov.
The second version of the media prism is the Paul Mason/John Harris axis. They've more genuine concern for the ex industrial Labour heartlands and have accurately diagnosed why the metropolitan liberal left ignores hates these people. I'm just sceptical it's not too heavily tinged with faux 1945 nostalgia and a form of self loathing. As if Mason and Harris aren't paid up members of the urban media elite in every other way.
Britain very rarely votes for change. Maybe it's different this time, but every time I've seen it before its been obvious it was coming.
I get what you are saying and I agree the feel is not like 1979 or 1997 or 2010. But, then, this isn't a general election. What does "change" feel like for a referendum? I don't have any experience of that.
The overall picture from polling is that it's still on a knife-edge.
It was in 2015- but the betting markets called the Tories. Follow the cash.
I'm sorry (not) if I'm being repetitive, but I'm just having too much fun.
I got better odds on Tory maj on the eve of the poll in 2015 than I've just got on Remain.
What odds did you get on Labour largest party 2015? Just remind me. Or 1992 for that matter. Next........
What are you on about?
Tory majority bet WON in 2015. Despite the betting markets not calling it.
Do I have to spell this out....despite the average of polls in 2015 calling Labour the largest party, the betting markets called the Tories as the largest.
Very few people called a Tory majority....but to be clear the betting markets were much closer to a Tory majority than the polls.
So you're saying that polls and markets were wrong? Thought so, thanks.
Remain was always favourite but you get the feeling the general public appetite for the EU is about as high as a 2p coin is deep.
By the way, Wales, we'll see you in Paris this weekend and we are likely to win.
It's a bit silly reading so much into these last two polls just because they were the last two to be published. We could have had Opinium and TNS tonight and YouGov and ComRes earlier.
The Ipsos Mori poll out tomorrow finished their field work at 9pm tonight
When are they releasing that?
Tomorrow morning
Surprised that is allowed to release a poll while voting is taking place. In the same way as the media aren't allowed to really say anything other than there is a vote on.
It means I can follow my heart and vote LEAVE, safe in the knowledge that it won't harm my personal finances (via London property etc), and the rest of the country will go REMAIN.
At the same time, I will then have the moral high ground thereafter, and be fully entitled to hurl appalling abuse and accusations of *traitor!!* at anyone who voted REMAIN, when the EU decides to come for the rest of our sovereignty - which, be assured, they will. They really really will.
My delicate sensibilities would prevent me yelling Traitor at anyone, and sadly I do not yet have any property let alone in London, but otherwise I'm in the same boat - I have the consistency of a wet biscuit, I'm anxious, I dislike many things about the VoteLeave campaign and that puts great pressure on my fundamental dislike of the EU and belief it will get no better - but a comfortable Remain win, well, consequence free to vote Leave then, phew!
As Will Self put it succinctly, not all Brexiters are racists, but all racists will be voting for Brexit.
Wow! Will Self said something succinctly?!
Did he manage to do it without looking/sounding like a self important pompous git as well? (Actually I enjoy his articles by and large, but good lord he bloviates).
He's also wrong, although naturally I only have anecdote - I know two definite racists who say they're voting Remain - they think Boris will be a disaster, the EU will punish us hard and we'll suffer economically, and apparently even the promise of cutting immigration isn't enough to overcome that.
Will Self enjoys labelling his political opponents as racists.
Despite some phone Leave wins, I guess it comes down to Online and Phone again, at least to see who is closest. But I'm sticking with if the aggregate shows too close to call, and anecdotal is overwhelming, it's alright to predict the latter will add a few more points to the TCTC figures and swing it. 54-46 Leave
I hope I'm wrong but it feels like 58-42 to Remain to me.
The Ipsos Mori poll out tomorrow finished their field work at 9pm tonight
When are they releasing that?
Tomorrow morning
Surprised that is allowed to release a poll while voting is taking place. In the same way as the media aren't allowed to really say anything other than there is a vote on.
They do it at general elections.
You're allowed to publish polls which show how people intend to vote.
You're not allowed to publish polls showing how people HAVE voted
The Ipsos Mori poll out tomorrow finished their field work at 9pm tonight
When are they releasing that?
Tomorrow morning
Surprised that is allowed to release a poll while voting is taking place. In the same way as the media aren't allowed to really say anything other than there is a vote on.
They do it at general elections.
You're allowed to publish polls which show how people intend to vote.
You're not allowed to publish polls showing how people HAVE voted
A little known fact is the BBC had a sniper on duty in case Dimbleby fluffed and accidentally started to reveal the contents of the exit poll...
The overall picture from polling is that it's still on a knife-edge.
It was in 2015- but the betting markets called the Tories. Follow the cash.
I'm sorry (not) if I'm being repetitive, but I'm just having too much fun.
I got better odds on Tory maj on the eve of the poll in 2015 than I've just got on Remain.
What odds did you get on Labour largest party 2015? Just remind me. Or 1992 for that matter. Next........
What are you on about?
Tory majority bet WON in 2015. Despite the betting markets not calling it.
Do I have to spell this out....despite the average of polls in 2015 calling Labour the largest party, the betting markets called the Tories as the largest.
Very few people called a Tory majority....but to be clear the betting markets were much closer to a Tory majority than the polls.
So you're saying that polls and markets were wrong? Thought so, thanks.
Right direction, wrong magnitude is what I think tyson is saying.
It is not just the betting markets, the currency and stockmarkets point that way too.
Britain very rarely votes for change. Maybe it's different this time, but every time I've seen it before its been obvious it was coming.
I get what you are saying and I agree the feel is not like 1979 or 1997 or 2010. But, then, this isn't a general election. What does "change" feel like for a referendum? I don't have any experience of that.
The reluctant 'it's a bit crap but it's probably better than the alternative' is more 1992 or 2005.
"Change" in a referendum probably feels like the Scottish Devolution vote in 1998, when it was more confirmation of a national mood already in place. It would be pretty unusual anywhere for any change referendum to pass with so much of the political establishment on the other side.
Remain was always favourite but you get the feeling the general public appetite for the EU is about as high as a 2p coin is deep.
By the way, Wales, we'll see you in Paris this weekend and we are likely to win.
It's a bit silly reading so much into these last two polls just because they were the last two to be published. We could have had Opinium and TNS tonight and YouGov and ComRes earlier.
Well said.
Incidentally I haven't made a final decision how to vote yet. Everyone I know is voting Remain which is difficult to ignore completely.
So the phone/online gap is back - or perhaps just more obvious. At the 2015 GE, the phone polls understated the Tory lead while the online ones *really* understated it. If - and it's a big if - it's anything similar, then Remain would be on for about a 55-45 win.
The old will be for leave though, in Scotland they were for Remain and they turnout more than the young. The middle classes also turnout more and are for Remain but I expect the high older voter turnout to make the final result a shade nearer 50%-50% than 55%-45% though Remain should win
Remain was always favourite but you get the feeling the general public appetite for the EU is about as high as a 2p coin is deep.
By the way, Wales, we'll see you in Paris this weekend and we are likely to win.
It's a bit silly reading so much into these last two polls just because they were the last two to be published. We could have had Opinium and TNS tonight and YouGov and ComRes earlier.
It's a bit silly reading so much into polls full stop.
It means I can follow my heart and vote LEAVE, safe in the knowledge that it won't harm my personal finances (via London property etc), and the rest of the country will go REMAIN.
At the same time, I will then have the moral high ground thereafter, and be fully entitled to hurl appalling abuse and accusations of *traitor!!* at anyone who voted REMAIN, when the EU decides to come for the rest of our sovereignty - which, be assured, they will. They really really will.
My thinking too.
It's my consolation too. Definitely the high moral ground.
Britain very rarely votes for change. Maybe it's different this time, but every time I've seen it before its been obvious it was coming.
I get what you are saying and I agree the feel is not like 1979 or 1997 or 2010. But, then, this isn't a general election. What does "change" feel like for a referendum? I don't have any experience of that.
Indeed. But the British public are the same, and they have to be seriously moved to make a change. Maybe it will be different. But the muddyness that has characterised the campaign is not a positive sign for Leavers.
Polls all over the place. At the GE polls were well out. The pollsters have next to no baseline for this referendum. At the risk of looking stupid I think Leave will nick this.
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My anecdata is leaning heavily in one direction, the polls to other. I'm going to back my anecdata due to the fact that there are still significant doubts over the reliability and accuracy of polling. I'm going 52-48 for leave.
Also, someone give Paxman a shotgun, some (ie most) of the audience need to be put down.
That Katie Price candidacy in full ☺
By the way, Wales, we'll see you in Paris this weekend and we are likely to win.
Anecdotal, just like many of the other comments on here, but of the dozen or so friends who I've talked to and a similar number of fellow workers, professionals, every single one is voting remain.
That is not because everyone in Manchester is voting remain of course, more that you hang around with people likely to have similar opinions to yourself, you are more likely to have these discussions in the workplace with people of the same mindset.
Anyway, as I say, totally anecdotally, but I would guess that the southern half of Greater Manchester and vast swathes of north Cheshire will be very very heavily Remain tomorrow, probably as much if not more so than London overall.
Who finished top of their group?
See you in Paris.
Tory majority bet WON in 2015. Despite the betting markets not calling it.
The Ipsos Mori poll out tomorrow finished their field work at 9pm tonight
Did he manage to do it without looking/sounding like a self important pompous git as well? (Actually I enjoy his articles by and large, but good lord he bloviates).
He's also wrong, although naturally I only have anecdote - I know two definite racists who say they're voting Remain - they think Boris will be a disaster, the EU will punish us hard and we'll suffer economically, and apparently even the promise of cutting immigration isn't enough to overcome that.
Very few people called a Tory majority....but to be clear the betting markets were much closer to a Tory majority than the polls.
What a shame. I thought we were better than that.
1) Stronger In leafletting commuters at the Railway station. First street campaigning rhat I have seen. Seem to be getting good reception.
2) Keith Vaz has bunting up at his constituency office - for Leicester City FC. Nothing for Labour In on show. I interpret this as opportunistic inactivity. There are no votes to be had.
3) 90 year old farmer, voting Out. Showed me the front page of the DM. Said that the EU want to replace the Queen with a president. I did point out that half a dozen EU countries are also Monarchies. Didn't seem convinced.
4) Elderly posh lady genuinely undecided, but will vote.
5) WWC older couple walking out of clinic. Not going to vote as "what difference does a single vote make?"
Interpretation:
Leave to win Leicester on low turnout.
Sadly.
1) The Opinium Wisdom Index showing far, far more people think Remain will win (46-27)
2) The uptick in Cameron satisfaction among Con voters (MORI) - with vast majority of Con voters now satisfied with him
If most people think Remain will win then it's likely it will - people know that many won't follow through with a Leave vote when it comes to the crunch.
And if the vast majority of Con voters are satisfied with Cameron, are the vast majority also going to vote Leave? Again, looks like they won't follow through when it comes to the crunch.
And now the direction of travel is confirmed with ComRes and YouGov.
Labour 2015 voters : 256
Tory 2015 voters : 233
Edit: Already answered below.
http://politicalodds.bet/eu-referendum?time=1#i
Curious.
Britain Stronger in Europe !!!!
(Does not include Scotland...)
Superstate on way.
BUT
it's not banked yet.. nor my winnings.
You're allowed to publish polls which show how people intend to vote.
You're not allowed to publish polls showing how people HAVE voted
It is not just the betting markets, the currency and stockmarkets point that way too.
"Change" in a referendum probably feels like the Scottish Devolution vote in 1998, when it was more confirmation of a national mood already in place. It would be pretty unusual anywhere for any change referendum to pass with so much of the political establishment on the other side.
Clutching at straws?
This waiting is awful. There's still hope, but I'm more-or-less expecting to feel gutted by Friday morning.
Unless you've forgotten May 2015.