POPULUS POLL 25-27th OCTOBER New Populus Voting Intention figures: Lab 38 (-1); Cons 33 (-1); LD 12 (+1); UKIP 9 (-1); Oth 7 (-1)
Doesn't make any sense. 4 parties have all lost a percentage point and the Lib Dems have gained 1. Am I missing something? It means the last figures added up to 102 and these add up to 99.
Don't even start me on the weighting. They have at least upped UKIP from 20 to 21 only means they have thrown away 164 respondents views. (From General Election 2015)
and Wellington, he was born in Ireland when it was not yet part of the UK.
Who was the only Prime Minister born in Wales?
Lloyd George
Nah, he was born in England, the only Welsh Prime Minister is Julia Gillard.
Lloyd George wasn't born in Wales but we count him as Welsh (a much better claim than say half the England cricket team have). Only British PM to learn English as a second language.
and Wellington, he was born in Ireland when it was not yet part of the UK.
Who was the only Prime Minister born in Wales?
Lloyd George
Nah, he was born in England, the only Welsh Prime Minister is Julia Gillard.
Lloyd George wasn't born in Wales but we count him as Welsh (a much better claim than say half the England cricket team have). Only British PM to learn English as a second language.
Bah, all the English cricket team have excellent links to England.
Unlike the Welsh Rugby team under Graham Henry.
What was the anthem when he was in charge?
Land not quite of my fathers?
Think Welsh Longbows at Agincourt - and Henry Tudor.
POPULUS POLL 25-27th OCTOBER New Populus Voting Intention figures: Lab 38 (-1); Cons 33 (-1); LD 12 (+1); UKIP 9 (-1); Oth 7 (-1)
Doesn't make any sense. 4 parties have all lost a percentage point and the Lib Dems have gained 1. Am I missing something? It means the last figures added up to 102 and these add up to 99.
Don't even start me on the weighting. They have at least upped UKIP from 20 to 21 only means they have thrown away 164 respondents views. (From General Election 2015)
Most polls don't add up to 100, because of roundings.
ComRes phone poll coming out at 10pm with big changes
Laat month it was CON 32 LAB 37 LD 11 UKIP 11
Last month it was 33/37/11/11 (per UKPR)
....and there was a Sunday Com Res showing 32/35/9/16 earlier this month.
That Indy on Sunday ComRes poll was an online poll, tonight's is a phone poll.
Ohh isn't this exciting. Only seven minutes to go. Tories 2% ahead in the much anticipated poll, though we fought a fantastic campaign and our candidate did a brilliant job.
It wasn't meant to be a criticism of them - I do think there is likely to be an unconscious bias from the make-up of the employee bias. The other element, I think, which demonstrates a bias is the desire (I think I recall a spectator article about it) is the search for someone to say controversial things on the right. this means that 2 right vs 2 left often becomes 1 Tory, vs 2 Labour vs 1 "right winger" (e.g. UKIP, or Peter Hitchens, or Simon Heffer) that are often very much not Tories.
It was more the fact that all their coverage could be called into question. How could they get around that issue?
You're on to a pattern there - as a Labour MP I was frustrated by the frequency that someone like Clare Short or even George Galloway would be put on to be one of the "left" participants. I think the thing is that they aim for a broad left-right balance but like to have colour, which means dissent, and dissent is usually more noticeable on the government side, since that's where it's actually worth revolting since it may change policy.
So rather than a long-term political bias, it's perhaps a journalistic bias, for livelier debates at the expense of fair treatment of both main parties.
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POPULUS POLL 25-27th OCTOBER
New Populus Voting Intention figures: Lab 38 (-1); Cons 33 (-1); LD 12 (+1); UKIP 9 (-1); Oth 7 (-1)
Doesn't make any sense. 4 parties have all lost a percentage point and the Lib Dems have gained 1. Am I missing something? It means the last figures added up to 102 and these add up to 99.
Don't even start me on the weighting. They have at least upped UKIP from 20 to 21 only means they have thrown away 164 respondents views.
(From General Election 2015)
I have to respect the embargo and Mike will shout at me if I break it.
So rather than a long-term political bias, it's perhaps a journalistic bias, for livelier debates at the expense of fair treatment of both main parties.