The Only Poll That Counts
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Politicians often tell journalists "the only poll that counts is the one on election day". Professor Jane Green from the University of Oxford tells Matt why we should trust opinion polls as she takes over as head of the British Polling Council.
Plus: Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty have been arguing about who stacks the dishwasher, and listen to a taster of the latest episode of How To Win An Election.
How To Win An Election (01:05)
Domestic Chores in the Sunak household (06:25)
Jane Green (13:31)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Kat Nielen. On the slow newscasts from Tortoise, I tell the story of a friendship and a fallout. |
| 0:08.0 | It was, yeah, it was an incredible moment and for sheer drama is pretty near the top. I mean no one had experienced |
| 0:17.2 | anything like this before. It got pretty testy at which point I walked out |
| 0:20.9 | couldn't believe it. |
| 0:23.0 | A fallout that could change the future of an entire country. |
| 0:26.0 | Listen now to the slow newscast, wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, I'm Matt Surely, and this is Politics Without the Boring. |
| 0:40.4 | It's coming up on today's episode, there's only one poll that matters. That's what |
| 0:45.4 | politicians like to say, where they're doing quite badly in the polls. |
| 0:48.6 | Ritchie Sunak's doing incredibly badly in the polls. In one poll, now down to a |
| 0:52.2 | record low of just 20% so who better to ask |
| 0:56.1 | about how polling is done can we trust them and is there any hope for the Conservatives |
| 1:01.7 | than the new head of the British Polling Council |
| 1:03.6 | Professor Jane Green. |
| 1:04.8 | Very Big Brain, she knows a lot about polling. |
| 1:06.8 | We'll also have a preview of this week's episode of how to win an election, taking a look |
| 1:10.4 | at how can you win with a budget and Ritchie Sunak's latest |
| 1:15.2 | relaunch includes talking to Grazia magazine about who makes the bed and if |
| 1:21.0 | you like what you're here on the podcast don't forget you can join me |
| 1:23.6 | live for Politics about the Boing Bits on Times Radio on your D. A.B radio on your |
| 1:28.1 | Smart Speaker or download the Times Radio app that's Politics About the Boing |
| 1:31.6 | bits weekdays from 10. |
| 1:33.6 | Now first on the podcast, here is a little taster of the conversation we had on this week's how to win an election |
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