Has the Guardian made a boo-boo?

Has the Guardian made a boo-boo?

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    Is the “poll” for the whole of Scotland – not just Glasgow East?

Within the past hour above story has just gone up on the Guardian websiteBUT PUNTERS HOLDER ON.

It looks as though the paper might have confused an all-Scotland Westminster voting intention poll that was published overnight with one that was done specifically on Glasgow East. There is, of course, a world of difference.

Stuart Dickson posted the all-Scotland poll here early this morning.

Where the paper seems to have gone wrong is in the headline “Blow for Labour as poll gives SNP four-point lead in Glasgow East byelection” reproduced above. The body text of the story seems OK – it is just the heading that’s wrong.

I think that the SNP press release might have confused the papers. It’s headlines read:-

POLL SHOWS SCOTS WANT JOHN MASON TO WIN GLASGOW EAST

SNP AHEAD OF LABOUR FOR FIRST TIME FOR WESTMINSTER ELECTION

SNP HAIL “BREAKTHROUGH” YOUGOV/TELEGRAPH POLL


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Mike Smithson

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