Nine out of the last ten opinion polls have shown the Liberal Democrats support to be either the same or higher than the previous poll by that polling company.
Does this mean:
a. That the Liberal Democrats are on the slide into total oblivion with every single member of the party taking every waking moment to talk about the leadership, or
b. Something else.
If you think (a), congratulations. Award yourself a job on a newspaper or news show of your choice. If (b), sorry – try again next time.
PS If you’re a Guardian reader you may be confused by this claim as they reported earlier this week that the Liberal Democrats had slipped in the latest poll. Thanks to the wonders of the Readers’ Editor not only has this been corrected, but they’re even going to try to get our logo right in future. Hurrah.
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3 Comments
Opinion polls are crap. But so has the media coverage of conference. It’s been lazy journalism and I’m sick of it!
I wouldn’t get too carried away just yet. Remind me how many points you are still behind your last general election position?
The Conservatives are having a bit of a ‘mare at the moment but the Lib Dems haven’t got much to sing about either.
Comment 2. We secured 22.1% of the vote in the 2005 General Election (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/constituencies/default.stm for confirmation). Wednesday’s Guardian poll had us on 20%. With the margin of error being +/- 3%, one can say that we are at or around our General Election result.
Next question, please.