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EXCLUSIVE Support for a second Brexit vote is growing and Leavers should be nervous

EXCLUSIVE Support for a second Brexit vote is growing and Leavers should be nervous

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Keiran Pedley looks at some exclusive polling from Opinium and asks whether Britain really could remain in the EU after all? As Tony Blair gave one of his characteristically unwelcome interventions in British politics last week many were asking why he bothers. With parties supporting Brexit winning more than 8 in 10 votes at the recent General Election you could be forgiven for assuming that the former PM’s calls for Brexit to be stopped will fall on deaf ears and…

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New PB/Polling Matters podcast: Support for a 2nd Brexit vote grows (plus THOSE Trump emails)

New PB/Polling Matters podcast: Support for a 2nd Brexit vote grows (plus THOSE Trump emails)

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On this week’s podcast Keiran is joined once more by US political analyst Jon-Christopher Bua. Keiran and JC discuss the political fallout in the States following scandalous revelations from emails. However, this time they are not Clinton emails but those of Donald Trump Jr. Keiran and JC also discuss what Corbyn’s surge might mean for US politics in the future and why America doesn’t have universal healthcare even though some polls suggest that the concept is more popular than you…

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NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Do voters think Corbyn is ready to be PM?

NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Do voters think Corbyn is ready to be PM?

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On this week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast Keiran is joined by Habib Butt and Leo Barasi to discuss the latest polling news and analysis of the week. Key topics discussed this week include: 1) What the polls tell us about the state of the parties 2) Who the voters think would make the best PM and what the numbers mean 3) Exclusive Polling Matters / Opinium numbers on why people voted as they did in June and whether Corbyn is ready…

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NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Queen’s Speech, Brexit negotiations, LD leadership and the importance of the youth vote

NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Queen’s Speech, Brexit negotiations, LD leadership and the importance of the youth vote

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On this week’s podcast, Keiran is joined by Dr Mark Pack of Lib Dem Newswire and Adam Drummond of Opinium. The team discuss this week’s Queen’s Speech and the start of the Brexit negotiations and what happens next for the Lib Dems now that Tim Farron has resigned. The panel also discuss Ipsos Mori’s data on ‘who voted for who’ at the General Election and what impact younger voters might have on British politics in the coming years. Listen here…

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NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast: GE17 debrief. Breaking down the YouGov model & focus on Northern Ireland

NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast: GE17 debrief. Breaking down the YouGov model & focus on Northern Ireland

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This week’s podcast is split into two parts. In part one, Keiran chats with Ben Lauderdale from the LSE. Ben was behind the infamous YouGov model which turned out to be so successful. He explains how the model works, what it tells us about the campaign and British politics more generally and where the polling industry goes from here. In part two, Keiran is joined by Mick Fealty of Slugger O’Toole to discuss what the DUP might want from the…

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NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Election eve special

NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: Election eve special

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On a special eve of election podcast Keiran is joined by Politicalbetting.com Editor Mike Smithson and Deputy Habib Butt (TSE) to review the campaign, polls, seats to watch tomorrow night and to make some predictions. Listen here Follow this week’s guests: @keiranpedley @mikesmithsonpb @tseofpb    

NEW Bonus PB/Polling Matters podcast: Reviewing the weekend’s polls

NEW Bonus PB/Polling Matters podcast: Reviewing the weekend’s polls

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On a bonus episode of the PB/Polling Matters podcast, Keiran is joined by Ben Walker from Britainelects.com to discuss the weekend’s polls as the campaign enters the final week. Ben is part of a team of students that run the Britain Elects twitter account and website that collects polling data and local election results. It’s an invaluable tool now followed by more than 129,000 people on twitter. A real accomplishment and it was a pleasure to have Ben on. Listen to the…

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NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: That latest YouGov forecast, pollster wars & TMay’s lost momentum

NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: That latest YouGov forecast, pollster wars & TMay’s lost momentum

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On this week’s episode of the PB/Polling Matters podcast Keiran is joined by Chris Curtis from YouGov and Adam Drummond of Opinium to discuss the latest polling and General Election campaign developments. Chris Curtis explains the background to this week’s controversial YouGov model seen in the Times that has suggested we might be facing a hung parliament. Curtis explains what is behind the model, its limitations and how we should read it. Later in the show, the panel discuss why…

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