please please be aware that not all polls are actually polls

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Heathcliffscathy · 22/04/2010 21:47

thanks to gingercat for first raising this, but yougov are absolutely not to be trusted

here

scroll to statement from yougov representative who admit what they have been doing!!!

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crystal123 · 23/04/2010 08:27

Yeah, right, the ones that don't agree with you!

GrendelsMum · 23/04/2010 08:23

That really is shocking. Very good example for teaching students how to manipulate polls, and how to manipulate people using polls, though.

theyoungvisiter · 23/04/2010 08:05

Tash I think that's a bit simplistic.

The outcomes of polls before then will influence party donors, the press position, and also how people decide to vote.

All of has an influence on the outcome on May 6th.

Tashtodd · 22/04/2010 23:35

There's only one poll that matters - May 6th. I wouldn't get too exercised about the rest

theyoungvisiter · 22/04/2010 22:57

PW - I admit, I had to hide behind the sofa during the debate. I missed almost everything about immigration because I had my hands over my ears waiting for DH to tell me when the cameras were off Nick Clegg.

I've only just stopped shaking.

Ok, facetiousness over that is absolutely disgusting! But a weird backhanded compliment to the lib dems that they are suddenly so worth smearing.

ZephirineDrouhin · 22/04/2010 22:53

yes I thought that was a particularly nice touch.

policywonk · 22/04/2010 22:51

Gosh, that is quite shocking isn't it?

lol 'Everything about the LibDems scares me'

ZephirineDrouhin · 22/04/2010 22:49

No kidding.

Someone has just tweeted one of the questions from the yougov poll.

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