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Polling Matters - Episode 157 Is a no deal Brexit now the most popular outcome with the public?

On this week's podcast, Keiran Pedley and Leo Barasi look at polling around a no-deal Brexit to see if commentators suggesting that it is the most popular outcome with the public are right.

Also covered on this week's show is a new report by UK in a Changing Europe, which covers a host of topics on Brexit including support for a second referendum and how Brexit identity appears to be trumping party identity.

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Polling Matters - Episode 156 Deal or no deal? Plus are the Tories really ahead in the opinion polls?

On this week's podcast Keiran Pedley and Leo Barasi discuss the fallout from a hectic week in Westminster. They ask whether a General Election, 2nd referendum or 'no deal Brexit' have become more or less likely and explain why politicians claiming that the Tories are ahead in the polls are not telling the full story.

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Polling Matters - Episode 155 What do Labour and Tory Party members think about Brexit?

On this week's podcast, Keiran Pedley is joined by Professor Tim Bale of Queen Mary University to discuss his research on Labour and Conservative Party members - who they are, what they think about Brexit and what this means for the future of British politics.

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Polling Matters - Episode 155 May fights on - so what now?

On this week’s podcast, Keiran Pedley and Leo Barasi look back at events in a frantic week at Westminster. They debate whether May was right to postpone the meaningful vote, whether a change in leader would have any impact on Brexit negotiations and the prospect of another referendum breaking the parliamentary deadlock.

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Polling Matters - Episode 154 Can May win the 'meaningful vote' and what happens if she doesn't?

On this week's podcast the Polling Matters team, including the returning Rob Vance, discuss evolving public opinion on May's Brexit deal and what happens if she does not win the 'meaningful vote' next month.

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Polling Matters - Episode 153 Emergency pod. What do the public think of May's Brexit deal?

After an eventful week in Westminster, Keiran Pedley and Matt Singh sit down to discuss public opinion on Theresa May's Brexit deal and her future and ask 'what happens now?'

Polling Matters - Episode 152 What now for Trump and have voters changed their minds about Brexit?

On this week's PB / Polling Matters podcast, Keiran Pedley and Leo Barasi look into the implications of this week's mid-terms in the US and dissect data from Survation and Chris Hanretty suggesting that Brits would vote Remain if there was another referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.

Elsewhere in the show, Leo looks at what polling tells us about the prospect of a Cameron comeback and Keiran criticises Momentum's "consultation" of its members about Labour's Brexit policy - which he claims was nothing of the sort.

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Polling Matters - Episode 151 US midterm mini-series (part three) w/ GOP pollster Patrick Ruffini

In the final part of our mini-series on the US midterms ahead of Tuesday's vote Keiran talks to Patrick Ruffini from Echelon insights on the races to watch, the prospects for a Democratic wave and the likelihood of Trump winning re-election in 2020.

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Polling Matters - Episode 150 US Midterms w/ Ariel Edwards-Levy

As part of the Polling Matters mini-series on the US midterms, Keiran Pedley talks to Ariel Edwards-Levy of The Huffington Post.

Ariel and Keiran discuss the races to watch and the demographic shifts shaping US politics. They also look at Trump's approval rating and what to look out for in 2020.

Polling Matters - Episode 149 US Midterms special w/ Anthony Scaramucci

This week PB / Polling Matters will unveil a series of special podcasts focusing on the US midterms. These podcasts will vary in content. Some will talk numbers with the pollsters and some will talk the issues behind the numbers with journalists and other political actors.

The first in our series sees Keiran Pedley speak to Anthony Scaramucci.

Scaramucci is a leading Trump supporter, serving Trump in a variety of roles including an infamous 11 days as White House Communications Director in 2017. During their conversation, Keiran and Anthony discuss Scaramucci's new book 'Trump: The Blue Collar President' and how Trump commands such loyal support among white working class voters in the U.S. Keiran and Anthony also discuss issues of race and gender in US politics, the GOP's prospects in the midterms and how the economy will impact Trump's re-election prospects in 2020 (plus who the president would and would not like to face).