I was thinking the same thing. There was one last time which I referenced above.
General Election 2019 (UK)
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That's the sportsbook not an exchange market.neilb wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:14 pmhttps://www.betfair.com/sport/politics/ ... n/11339499
Fourth market down.
Duh!superfrank wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 11:29 pmThat's the sportsbook not an exchange market.neilb wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:14 pmhttps://www.betfair.com/sport/politics/ ... n/11339499
Fourth market down.
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David Starkey is always a good read/listen - podcast... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/1 ... ted-poppy/
Mr Starkey was scornful of Theresa May, the former Prime Minister, describing her as being "like a dose of ice cold water poured over enthusiasm, she is a kind of permanent vacuum - an utter emptiness".
He's a good lad
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I've been following this one, its handy that you can quickly see the changes from each pollsterdragontrades wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:08 pmhttps://twitter.com/britainelects/statu ... 5077605377
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng ... ll-tracker
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survation were the only company that got close to the result in 2017
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Fully agree with Euler … this vid has it perfectly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA the relevant bit is after 30 seconds.
Are you saying that opinion polls are skewed, based on, who indirectly commisions them?firlandsfarm wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:24 pmFully agree with Euler … this vid has it perfectly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA the relevant bit is after 30 seconds.
It would explain why they've been pretty rubbish at predicting political events for a while.
Perhaps they've become part of democracy, not an independent gatherer of real opinion.