Lies, damned lies and Tory mis-stating of opinion polls
Whilst the Conservatives have not allowed the recent poll hiccups to destroy their sense of electoral superiority over Labour, it appears that they do not feel so confident where they are taking on the LibDems in our marginals.
Never was this clearer than this afternoon. A poll at Political Betting was entitled:
AR [pollsters Angus Reid] finds a bigger swing in the LAB-CON marginals
By the time it had been picked up by ConservativeHome, it was introduced as:
Political Betting has published more data showing a Conservative to Labour swing of 11% in the marginals, compared to 7.5% overall nationally.
Notice the difference?
By making that change, the Conservatives are trying to make our vote look lower in seats where we are already in third place, whilst also making the Lab>Con swing look bigger across the board than it actually is. Deceitful and disgraceful – but not surprising.
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