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@ravensrod @ChrisMayLA6 @harriettmb Never has that been more obvious than with the staggering amount of media attention the rise of Reform in the polls has got. Feedback loop at its most effective.

@ravensrod @harriettmb @ChrisMayLA6

This was a new quote and author for me, so I did a simple search and found...

"He then went on to say:"

"Polls can be misused, misinterpreted and misunderstood. But the basic facts they reveal, carefully studied, are truthful. If their predictions are wrong it is because opinions change, or because of factors they have been unaware of . What I said about polls was never intended to be a blanket dismissal of their significance, and people should stop using it as such."

markpack.org.uk/168630/peter-h

Mark Pack · Peter Hitchens on opinion polls: what he really saidWhen polling figures which appear that someone doesn't like, it's not uncommon to see this quote from Peter Hitchens deployed...

@ravensrod @richardrathe @harriettmb @ChrisMayLA6
This really revives great memories. When it was late at night in the German TV a long time ago, it was one of my tools to learn English (as you might recognize: It was not too successful)