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Post by nelson on Nov 2, 2019 19:13:30 GMT
Fake polls from @britainerect
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Post by AdminSTB on Nov 2, 2019 19:26:02 GMT
I think you mean Britain Elects.
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Nov 2, 2019 19:27:46 GMT
Whoever runs that account must be a cock.
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Post by iainbhx on Nov 2, 2019 19:28:58 GMT
I think you mean Britain Elects. No, it's yet another fake poll twatter account with the actual twitter user name of BritainErects which sadly is being retweeted by what passes for journalists these days. Might be worth renaming this thread "Fake and Voodoo Polls", I'm sure it would do a roaring trade. |
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Post by tonygreaves on Nov 2, 2019 20:08:09 GMT
The Isle of Wight figures might not be so far out, whether they are fake or not. LDs may stand down there for the Greens.
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Post by greenhert on Nov 2, 2019 20:37:02 GMT
The Isle of Wight figures might not be so far out, whether they are fake or not. LDs may stand down there for the Greens. They already are doing so. |
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Post by Andrew_S on Nov 2, 2019 22:08:22 GMT
Spreading fake poll news is obviously someone's idea of a joke.
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Post by curiousliberal on Nov 2, 2019 22:10:23 GMT
Spreading fake poll news is obviously someone's idea of a joke. I presume the plan is to invoke not just ramping but punditry from the supposedly confident declaring why it was always destined to be this way. Edit: Isabelle Oakeshott apparently retweeted the Wight one, and Survation have put out a notice warning that it's fake due to how much traction it initially got. |
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 3, 2019 10:02:09 GMT
Might be worth renaming this thread "Fake and Voodoo Polls", I'm sure it would do a roaring trade. <a cynic writes> Hmmm, isn't that actually most of them? |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Nov 3, 2019 12:39:10 GMT
The Isle of Wight figures might not be so far out, whether they are fake or not. LDs may stand down there for the Greens. Maybe they are, maybe they aren't, but they are still being plucked out of someone's arse and being retweeted as truth. |
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Post by hedgehog on Nov 3, 2019 14:00:21 GMT
Fake polls from @britainerect Handy we have this new category 😉 |
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Post by hedgehog on Nov 3, 2019 14:03:06 GMT
Spreading fake poll news is obviously someone's idea of a joke. I presume the plan is to invoke not just ramping but punditry from the supposedly confident declaring why it was always destined to be this way. Edit: Isabelle Oakeshott apparently retweeted the Wight one, and Survation have put out a notice warning that it's fake due to how much traction it initially got. I'm feeling better about doing the same now. |
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Post by curiousliberal on Nov 3, 2019 14:35:19 GMT
The Isle of Wight figures might not be so far out, whether they are fake or not. LDs may stand down there for the Greens. Maybe they are, maybe they aren't, but they are still being plucked out of someone's arse and being retweeted as truth. Apparently some of the other figures put about by this account were lifted from plugging a recent YouGov poll into an existing MRP model. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Nov 3, 2019 17:15:29 GMT
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Post by Strontium Dog on Nov 3, 2019 17:20:10 GMT
Spreading fake poll news is obviously someone's idea of a joke. I presume the plan is to invoke not just ramping but punditry from the supposedly confident declaring why it was always destined to be this way. Edit: Isabelle Oakeshott apparently retweeted the Wight one, and Survation have put out a notice warning that it's fake due to how much traction it initially got. If that horror Oakeshott tweeted it, people hardly need telling that it's fake. |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Nov 4, 2019 9:31:00 GMT
@britainerects account suspended by Twitter
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Nov 4, 2019 12:03:20 GMT
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Post by CatholicLeft on Nov 4, 2019 13:06:06 GMT
Quite hilarious, to be honest, that people think this kind of stuff is believable. |
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 4, 2019 13:08:40 GMT
Quite hilarious, to be honest, that people think this kind of stuff is believable. |
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Post by manchesterman on Jun 16, 2020 21:41:05 GMT
Get in!  /photo/1
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