The 2015 Popularity Contest (aka UK General Election )

[peteblue]

I dont know what that means.

Balls said that about the economy.........

 

[peteblue]

So Farage was right and the BBC have to admit that 58 of the audience were conservative or UKIP yet 102 were left wingers with 40 undecided..........another BBC stitch up..........

 

[Clint Planet]

Are we still trying to say that Gideon is more clued-in than Ed-the-Balls?

 

[Clint Planet]

So Farage was right and the BBC have to admit that 58 of the audience were conservative or UKIP yet 102 were left wingers with 40 undecided..........another BBC stitch up..........

Source, Pete?

 

[daylightrobber]

So Farage was right and the BBC have to admit that 58 of the audience were conservative or UKIP yet 102 were left wingers with 40 undecided..........another BBC stitch up..........

Funny that. The panel could've been better represented by the right too. Shame they bottled it.

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

So Farage was right and the BBC have to admit that 58 of the audience were conservative or UKIP yet 102 were left wingers with 40 undecided..........another BBC stitch up..........

you do know that Labour/Libdem voters don't count as 'Left Wingers' any more do you?

 

[daylightrobber]

The true bias was in the spin room.

 

[sd_1992]

So Farage was right and the BBC have to admit that 58 of the audience were conservative or UKIP yet 102 were left wingers with 40 undecided..........another BBC stitch up..........

BBC with a huge Labour bias? Absolutely shocking...

 

[peteblue]

Source, Pete?

"The BBC initially refused to disclose the political make-up of the audience but eventually released figures on Friday afternoon.
They showed that, of the 200-strong audience, about 58 were Conservative or Ukip supporters while about 102 supported left-leaning parties - Labour, the Lib Dems, SNP, Plaid Cymru or the SNP – and the rest were undecided.".......

 

[daylightrobber]

BBC with a huge Labour bias? Absolutely shocking...

Go back a few pages. Think we cleared that one up.

ICM used the following audience ratio for those with a party preference:

Conservative 5

Labour 5

Lib Dem 4

Ukip 3

SNP 2

Green 2

Plaid 1.

In addition one fifth of the audience was made up of ‘undecided voters’ from the local area around Westminster.

Considering the Tory and the LD leaders weren't there to represent their parties I don't see anything wrong with the breakdown.

 

[peteblue]

Go back a few pages. Think we cleared that one up.

ICM used the following audience ratio for those with a party preference:

Conservative 5

Labour 5

Lib Dem 4

Ukip 3

SNP 2

Green 2

Plaid 1.

In addition one fifth of the audience was made up of ‘undecided voters’ from the local area around Westminster.

Considering the Tory and the LD leaders weren't there to represent their parties I don't see anything wrong with the breakdown.

Just confirms that the dice were loaded against Farage........

 

[daylightrobber]

Just confirms that the dice were loaded against Farage........

Blame Cameron for hanging him out to dry.

 

[daylightrobber]

Just confirms that the dice were loaded against Farage........

For a party the size of UKIP the amount of coverage they get from all media outlets is massively disproportionate. Swings and roundabouts.

 

[peteblue]

Blame Cameron for hanging him out to dry.

The audience would still have been the same. Shows why Cameron was right to give it a miss and the BBC are not fit For purpose...........

 

[peteblue]

For a party the size of UKIP the amount of coverage they get from all media outlets is massively disproportionate. Swings and roundabouts.

Number of voters at the last election.....

UKIP got as many as SNP,GREEN and PLAID combined

The BBC audience make up was not representative in any way shape or form......

Conservative 10,726,614
Labour 8,609,527
Liberal Democrat 6,836,824
Scottish National Party 491,386
Plaid Cymru 165,394
Green 285,616
UK Independence Party 919,546