Political

Were there two YouGov polls for the Sunday Times?

I only ask, you see, because in the newspaper online I read of the unions:

Their intransigence is beginning to hurt the government’s standing, as the YouGov/Sunday Times poll shows today.

But in the full polling tables up on the The Times website I read:

Will the strikes, and the prospects of disruption for BA’s passengers, change the way you vote in the election?

Yes, it will make me less likely to vote Labour: 4%
Yes, it will make me more likely to vote Labour: 1%
No difference: 80%
Don’t know: 15%

That’s about as tepid a finding as you could get: a measly net +3%.

A similar story is told by the next question:

In general, do you think the trade unions in Britain these days are too powerful or not powerful enough?

Too powerful 22%
Not powerful enough 19%

Again, a very small +3%.

In both cases not only is the net score small, but it’s well within the margin of error on the poll.

Now of course, perish the thought that the Sunday Times has done anything but display the very highest in journalistic standards. So there must be a second poll. No doubt about it. At all.

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