Polling Matters

Polling Matters - Ep. 30 Tax Credits, Lords reform and George Osborne

Polling Matters returns. Keiran, Rob and James discuss the implications of the tax credits row for the House of Lords. What do the public think about welfare? What do they think about the House of Lords and has George Osborne damaged his chances of becoming Prime Minister this week?

Polling Matters - Ep. 29 The Canadian General Election

This week the Politicalbetting.com / Polling Matters podcast goes international and discusses the upcoming Canadian General Election that takes place on the 19^th October. Is the Conservative PM Stephen Harper facing defeat to Liberal Justin Trudeau? How will the NDP do and how similar are Quebec and Scottish nationalism? Finally could the Canadian polls – currently showing the Liberals heading for victory – be wrong as the polls were in the UK? Keiran and Rob discuss with former Liberal staffer Sam Lyon and Canadian elections expert Adrian Macaulay.

Polling Matters - Ep. 28 Tory Conference Special

Polling Matters is back and Keiran discusses the Tory Party conference with Asa Bennett of the Telegraph and Rob Vance. Just how strong are the Conservatives right now? Who succeeds David Cameron? And what will the London Mayoral race tell us about the wider political situation in Westminster in the longer term?

Polling Matters Ep. 27 On the campaign trail w/ Miliband spokesman James Stewart

In the latest PB / Polling Matters podcast, Keiran spoke to former Ed Miliband spokesman James Stewart about his experiences of the Scottish Referendum and General Election campaigns, why he thinks Ed Miliband was unable to win and what happens to Labour if Jeremy Corbyn becomes leader this weekend.

You can follow Keiran on twitter at @keiranpedley and James at @Jimmy_Stew

Polling Matters - Ep. 26 Is Corbyn inevitable, unelectable and what happens next for Labour?

In this week's Polling Matters, Keiran discusses the Labour leadership with Stephen Bush of the New Statesman and Laurence Janta-Lipinski of YouGov. We ask whether Jeremy Corbyn is inevitable, where Labour goes from here and whether Corbyn could surprise people if he wins. Also, can a non-left Labour candidate win the leadership again and what does the next Labour PM look like...

Polling Matters - Ep. 25 YouGov Labour poll & Sky polling

This week Keiran talks to Sky political analyst Harry Carr about YouGov's Labour leadership poll, the polling Sky have been producing and whether polls are really just snapshots and not predictions

Polling Matters - Ep. 24 Why is polling so hard?

In this week's episode of Polling Matters, Keiran and Rob discuss the perils of polling with Suzanne Ter Minassian of ICM. We look at the BPC inquiry and Lord Foulkes' plans to regulate the industry alongside the Greek referendum and Labour leadership contests. Suzanne also explains how polling is done in France and the impact of statutory regulation there.

Polling Matters - Ep. 23 Labour's election polling w/ James Morris

This week Polling Matters with Politicalbetting.com speaks to James Morris of GQR - Ed Miliband's private pollster during the 2015 General Election. 

Topics covered include the following (and more):

1) How Labour's internal polling differed from public polls?

2) What Labour's polling did (and did not) tell the party and when?

3) Did Ed Miliband really think he was going to win?

4) Did Labour know Ed Balls was going to lose?

5) Where does Labour go from here?

6) What can GQR polling tell the BPC inquiry? 

7) Will they be releasing data?

Polling Matters - Ep. 22 The Exit Poll w/ John Curtice

Once again brought to you in association with Politicalbetting.com this episode of Polling Matters revisits the 2015 General Election Exit Poll with key architect Professor John Curtice. Keiran asks how the poll is done and how John felt when he realised it was about to say something very different to the opinion polls.

Polling Matters - Ep. 21 Where does Labour go from here?

On this week's episode of Polling Matters we look at why Labour lost and where the party goes from here. Keiran is joined in the studio to discuss these issues by regular podcast guests Rob Vance and Leo Barasi with contributions from Lord Foulkes and Professor John Curtice too on issues such as Scotland and what competence actually means.