Browsed by
Category: About the site

CONFIRMED: The pre-GE2017 PB gathering: Friday May 26th: from 6.30pm: Close to St Paul’s in London

CONFIRMED: The pre-GE2017 PB gathering: Friday May 26th: from 6.30pm: Close to St Paul’s in London

Comments 0 Comment

The pre-GE2017 PB gathering will take place at the Lord Raglan pub, 61 St Martins le Grand, St Pauls EC1A 4ER. An area downstairs called the Fireplace has been booked. Thanks once again to Fat Steve for finding a new more suitable venue and for making the arrangements. As well as being close to St Paul’s the Lord Raglan is only minutes walk away from Farringdon and City Thameslink stations with their direct links to Gatwick and Luton airports, Brighton…

Read More Read More

With 2016 drawing to a close the PB/Polling Matters poll of the year

With 2016 drawing to a close the PB/Polling Matters poll of the year

Comments 0 Comment

As we approach 2017, Keiran Pedley reviews the winners and losers of the past year and breaks down the 2016 PB/Polling Matters survey results. Earlier this month we conducted the first annual survey of PB readers and Polling Matters listeners. 657 respondents took part and this post looks at some of the results and I give my own perspective too. We asked everyone about their winners and losers of 2016, biggest shocks, defining moments and the thorny issue of the…

Read More Read More

The St John PB Christmas Day Crossword

The St John PB Christmas Day Crossword

Comments 0 Comment

Happy Christmas to everybody For several years there has been a Christmas Day cross-word on PB pioneered by long-standing PBer StJohn. Here’s the 2016 version – enjoy. Across 1. Fly in two bloggers (6) 4. Peacekeepers retreated while hiding a blogger – it’s sickening (8) 10. Left annoyed (6,3) 11. Speak at the lowest level (5) 12. Bill introduced by former Prime Minister under duress (7) 13. Ike’s and Abe’s, say? (7) 14. Division in Conservative Socialist Union (5) 15….

Read More Read More

Who should we include in the next PB/YouGov Favourability ratings?

Who should we include in the next PB/YouGov Favourability ratings?

Comments 0 Comment

In August PB was able to have its own YouGov favourability ratings. I am pleased to say that we are now in a position to go forward with a similar survey. Last time we had:- Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Vladimir Putin Angela Merkel Conservative Party Labour Party Liberal Democrats UKIP SNP Theresa May Boris Johnson David Davis Phillip Hammond Jeremy Corbyn Tim Farron David Cameron MPs generally Your MP Clearly some of these are no longer relevant although…

Read More Read More

Introducing the PB/YouGov Favourability Ratings – a new development by the site

Introducing the PB/YouGov Favourability Ratings – a new development by the site

Comments 0 Comment

First survey has Corbyn ahead of Trump, Putin AND Cameron As many will know I am a great fan of leader ratings which I believe are a better pointer to political outcomes than voting intention numbers. There are several different formats. Ipsos-MORI ask about “satisfaction”, Opinium goes for straight approval number while the standard YouGov question is asking the sample whether those named are doing well or badly. The format I like best and the one which the standard in…

Read More Read More

A big thank you to those who’ve contributed to the post-referendum appeal to help keep PB going

A big thank you to those who’ve contributed to the post-referendum appeal to help keep PB going

Comments 0 Comment

It has become something of a PB tradition after big elections for an appeal to be made for funds to help keep the site going. This year we’ve been fortunate to have had a robust enough technical infrastructure to deal with the massive traffic that was being generated. Alas this requires a lot of effort (thank you to my son Robert) and costs money. Quite a few other sites fell over at times. If you would like to add your…

Read More Read More