JA606 GE Opinion Poll

Is 'Wahl dude' still on this site? I was never convinced he was human.

comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? (U3126)
posted 9 seconds ago
Is 'Wahl dude' still on this site? I was never convinced he was human.
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Yeah Pearcedude, Wahlbro has rebranded himself as something along the lines of 'Cesc + Costa'

comment by HRH King Ledley (U20095)
posted 8 minutes ago
This forum certainly does not reflect public opinion going by this, or indeed other political threads.
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When measured against the latest YouGov poll, the voting on this thread isn't a million miles away.

It sees Labour over-represented to an extent - which I would expect from a web forum in itself likely over-representing younger voters - but the parties are represented in the correct order by overall popularity.

YouGov for The Times, April 2017:

CON 48%(+4), LAB 24%(+1), LDEM 12%(nc), UKIP 7%(-3).

Tories and UKIP stay silent though rosso

comment by rossobianchi #EquipaLulaDaAlegria (U17054)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? (U3126)
posted 9 seconds ago
Is 'Wahl dude' still on this site? I was never convinced he was human.
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Yeah Pearcedude, Wahlbro has rebranded himself as something along the lines of 'Cesc + Costa'
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CescCostaBot....

comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? (U3126)
posted 1 day, 5 hours ago
comment by rossobianchi #EquipaLulaDaAlegria (U17054)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by renoog (U4449)
posted 28 minutes ago
Has anybody else noticed that BBC article comments sections have become as ridiculous as those on the Daily Mail website?
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It's well-known that these sort of public platforms get hijacked by people who want to push an agenda and create a false image of public opinion.

Often I'll read these articles when they're fresh off the press and the comments and the voting patterns are entirely sensible. A few hours later I'll check again and it's flooded with DM-style comments and the votes have been reversed.

I downloaded a piece of software called Megaphone a few years back to see this sort of propaganda in action; I'd get diverted to all sorts of Israel-related polls and online debates, and would simply have to click a button in the corner of my desktop for the software to register votes and comments on petitions etc. on my behalf, including on the now-defunct BBC's Have Your Say debates. I'm sure something similar exists to push right-wing agendas.
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Yeah, I've read that there are people employed (not necessarily exclusively) to add comments and votes to social media, online articles and polls as members of the public.

Anyone seen or read any evidence of this happening?
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Only on TV!

The last season of Homeland touched on this. A great series for anyone interested.
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All extremists use propaganda and internet polls are part of it. Look at George Soros in America paying people to participate in demonstrations for the left wing. My personal view is htat all extremists are dangerous, whether left wing, right wing or any persuasion. At the moment we seem to have a lot of extremist left wing agendas being pushed with no real challenge. Anyone who says anything about them is violently accused of being a right wing extremist. As an example of this I will say the recent push by the NUT for teachers to promote LBGT over hetrosexuality and the moves to try to start legalising full erm abortion.

How can you "promote LBGT over heterosexuality"?

You either accept people are born with differing persuasions or you don't. You either promote equal rights for all regardless of sexuality/gender identity or you don't.

Have you seen or heard anyone representing the NUT discriminating against or promoting discrimination against straight people on the grounds of their sexuality?

comment by Darth Stan Kronke the Sith Lord turned Darthen... (U16927)
posted 5 hours, 21 minutes ago
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? (U3126)
posted 1 day, 5 hours ago
comment by rossobianchi #EquipaLulaDaAlegria (U17054)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by renoog (U4449)
posted 28 minutes ago
Has anybody else noticed that BBC article comments sections have become as ridiculous as those on the Daily Mail website?
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It's well-known that these sort of public platforms get hijacked by people who want to push an agenda and create a false image of public opinion.

Often I'll read these articles when they're fresh off the press and the comments and the voting patterns are entirely sensible. A few hours later I'll check again and it's flooded with DM-style comments and the votes have been reversed.

I downloaded a piece of software called Megaphone a few years back to see this sort of propaganda in action; I'd get diverted to all sorts of Israel-related polls and online debates, and would simply have to click a button in the corner of my desktop for the software to register votes and comments on petitions etc. on my behalf, including on the now-defunct BBC's Have Your Say debates. I'm sure something similar exists to push right-wing agendas.
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Yeah, I've read that there are people employed (not necessarily exclusively) to add comments and votes to social media, online articles and polls as members of the public.

Anyone seen or read any evidence of this happening?
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Only on TV!

The last season of Homeland touched on this. A great series for anyone interested.
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All extremists use propaganda and internet polls are part of it. Look at George Soros in America paying people to participate in demonstrations for the left wing. My personal view is htat all extremists are dangerous, whether left wing, right wing or any persuasion. At the moment we seem to have a lot of extremist left wing agendas being pushed with no real challenge. Anyone who says anything about them is violently accused of being a right wing extremist. As an example of this I will say the recent push by the NUT for teachers to promote LBGT over hetrosexuality and the moves to try to start legalising full erm abortion.
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Nonsense, firstly civil rights, LGBT issues are not left wing. They are issues in regards to liberalism. Left policies have been challenged massively in the west. The main example being austerity. Left wing policies are that of a economic nature, and largely have been un popular until now.

You can be a liberal and be a right wing libertarian. Much of libertarianism is to do with freedom and individual rights, whether that be property, wealth or personal freedoms.

Also, liberalism has faced extreme amount of resistance. Just examine the opposition towards the whole "gamer gate", and how ridiculous the response was towards people expressing their freedom of speech.

RESULTS OF THE FIRST WEEK OF POLL

Cons 39.5%
Lab 36.7%
Lib 7.5%
UKIP 4%
Other 12.3%

comment by Super Kami Willy - Brexit means Brexit (U9880)
posted 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
RESULTS OF THE FIRST WEEK OF POLL

Cons 39.5%
Lab 36.7%
Lib 7.5%
UKIP 4%
Other 12.3%
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Do we know what the "other" was largely made up of?