Could referendum ‘push-polling’ influence the result?
The EU referendum campaign has been a relentless battle of facts. Surveys and polling tells us which claims are resonating with voters. But are partial surveys influencing public opinion?
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Facebook says it has identified a co-ordinated attempt to interfere in November’s mid-term elections in the United States. Ed Howker has been going through the details.
Mary Ann Sieghart, journalist and chair of the Social Market Foundation, grime artist Marci Phonix, and Conservative MP and historian, Kwasi Kwarteng, discuss the Windrush controversy.
What goes up must come down, and there’s been another tumultuous day on markets around the world, with frantic trading following two days of heavy losses. On Wall Street, prices briefly rebounded before taking another tumble, while in London the FTSE ended the day almost 200 points lower. It’s all been fuelled by concern over…
A survey of 13,000 children has suggested that their career ambitions are massively influenced by how wealthy their parents are and whether they are girls or boys. Girls favoured becoming teachers, nurses and hairdressers, while boys talked of becoming pilots or mechanics. But the survey from the Education and Employers’ charity said girls did focus…
Steve Bannon fancies himself as a student of history and an expert on the Tudors. He once likened himself to Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s right-hand man, who ended up losing his head. Bannon still has his head but not much else. Meanwhile his former boss seems to be undergoing something of a shift away from…
Author and Chinese cultural commentator, Diane Wei Liang, and director of the SOAS China Institute at the University of London, Steve Tsang, discuss North Korea.
Brexit was the reason Theresa May called this election. Today she came out fighting for it.. Goaded by leaked reports of her dinner conversation with European President Jean-Claude Juncker, Mrs May accused European politicians and officials of threatening Britain over Brexit in a deliberate attempt to affect the general election result.
The EU referendum campaign has been a relentless battle of facts. Surveys and polling tells us which claims are resonating with voters. But are partial surveys influencing public opinion?
Yesterday, the National Hurricane Center issued its eastern Pacific hurricane outlook, saying that there’s a 70 per cent chance of an above-normal number of storms this year – largely due to El Nino.
The flu vaccine given to millions of Britons turns out to be almost entirely ineffective, with only 3 per cent of cases showing any useful effect.
The risk of a not very deadly to humans strain of bird flu really does deserve headlines, even as the humanitarian tragedy of Ebola continues.
The rich and middle-aged should be taxed more to pay for the NHS and social care, a new report suggests.
Thanks to some tenacious scientists, research data should be much more freely available in years to come.
Scientists conclude there is insufficient evidence to back the government’s decision to stockpile the drug Tamiflu to tackle pandemics such as the outbreak of swine flu in 2009.
David Cameron tells MPs Britain’s defence capabilities have not shrunk despite spending cuts.