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Exit Poll, BBC Election Night and systemic media bias

December 24, 2019 by Pippa Norris and Patrick Dunleavy Leave a Comment

‘For the BBC especially, the 2019 election night was a gross failure of the Reithian mission to educate and inform citizens at a critical juncture in political life in an open and multi-variant way.’

No, no, NO Mr Johnson

December 4, 2019 by Fay Young Leave a Comment

Boris Johnson’s “serial mendacity” or constant lying is a big issue in this election so we go back to Andrew Neil’s interview of July 12 to highlight how he distorts facts and figures – and he’s still at it.

GE2019: the Scottish dimension

November 26, 2019 by James Mitchell Leave a Comment

Ahead of the Westminster election on 12 December, James Mitchell explains how party competition in Scotland is shaped by interrelated questions of policy, competence, independence and Brexit…’

Drowning in a sea of unknowns

November 20, 2019 by Mark Shephard Leave a Comment

‘Given the 1000s of permutations/flavours of possible exit, you’d stand a much greater chance of getting a final flavour you liked the most from a blind-folded Quality Street sweet selection.’

Can tactical voting stop Brexit?

November 8, 2019 by David Gow Leave a Comment

Millions will probably opt for tactical voting but caveat emptor! The very sites that claim to be giving sound advice based on geekish methods such as MRP are at odds with each other….

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