Saying "people could be in for a surprise" isn't a prediction at all. It's just a glib thing all correspondents say to cover the fact that the polls might be wrong and they don�… (View Post)

People slightly misremember the 1992 election as one in which Labour were well ahead in the polls in the campaign. They weren't - they were narrowly ahead in most polls and narrowly behind in so… (View Post)

I'm extremely sceptical when people start talking about "private polling" as if there is some kind of fundamentally more accurate type of special polling that is reserved to political … (View Post)

Thanks for asking but it's been a long week and I'm a bit tired. (View Post)

Isn't Eabhal's suggestion that the balance of that changes if you introduce measures to make cycling, walking and going by bus more attractive and, bluntly, car use less so? That seems unco… (View Post)