Team Livingstone & The New YouGov Poll

They say its findings are "totally implausible" including at length on their own site. Well, they would say that wouldn't they? Well, yes, they might. As it happens I've heard mutterings from Team Paddick too that YouGov polls aren't reliable. Again, they would say that, wouldn't they? Again, well, yes they might. Interestingly, though, Martin at MayorWatch expressed doubts about the last YouGov poll, noting that the figure for "others" was very low, as it is in the latest one. And Martin wouldn't just say that.

Still, Peter Kellner has an answer to that point. The Guardian report says:

"Kellner said there were two main reasons for this. The amount of attention being focused on Livingstone and Johnson was making it harder for small parties to attract support, and the comparison with 2004 was unfair because the 2004 mayoral elections coincided with the European elections in which Ukip attracted a large vote."

Listen: I'm not taking sides in this one. But I'm looking forward more than ever to polls from other companies.

Comments

[Martin from MayorWatch]

Cheers for the hat tip Dave, some more comments from Peter here:

http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/Livingstone-Campaign-Question-Opinion-Poll-article_id-1470.html