Is It Time To Ban Opinion Polls?
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Today Matt asks the question on everyone's mind - have we got too many polls, and do they dominate too much of our political coverage? He hears from experts from the polling industry and journalism, and looks at what it's like in a country where reporting the polls is against the law.
Plus: After a cabinet minister admits the Conservatives are unlikely to win, would a small Tory rump in Parliament be able to hold a Labour government to account?
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| 0:56.0 | Hello I'm at Joll, and this is Politics Without the Boring Bits. |
| 1:06.0 | Coming up on today's episode, have we got too many polls? |
| 1:10.0 | Should we, like some countries, ban reporting on them for some or all of the election campaign? |
| 1:16.0 | Are they over dominating the headlines when we could be talking about other things? |
| 1:20.0 | Really fascinating conversation coming up about that. |
| 1:23.0 | Plus, what will the new opposition look like? |
| 1:26.6 | If those polls that we might be ignoring are to be believed |
| 1:29.3 | and there is going to be a very small Conservative Party |
| 1:32.1 | on the opposition benches, How do they make that work in holding |
| 1:36.1 | a new government to account? And if you like what you're here on the podcast, don't |
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