That is precisely the difference between a broadcaster's vox pops (people prepared to talk to a journo on camera) v. a statistically sound polling methodology. It's not the polling that is … (View Post)

"Ridiculous" or not, it is something that has struck a chord with people (which is why the media worries it to death). I think it is because 1) Sunak was supposed to be representing us all,… (View Post)

YouGov aside, my lack of a landline probably helps. I think of myself as "not statistically significant". (View Post)

When you look at Thatcher's first cabinet, it is an interesting mix of soldiers (both WW2 and post-WW2), lawyers, business (tending towards business rather than 'finance'). And far mor… (View Post)

The things that were broadsheet newspapers aren't broadsheet newspapers any more. Likewise the BBC News. Both media have become sort of gossip columns. (View Post)