Joe Twyman
@JoeTwyman
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Co-founder and director of the public opinion consultancy Deltapoll. Former Head of Political at YouGov (2000-18). "Housewives' favourite pollster" - The Times.
London, UK
Joined June 2010
Representative sampling delivers data that accurately represents and reports the opinions of the population it is trying to research. Given a number of recent examples I feel compelled to send out this slide from my 'Making Numbers Count' presentation on evaluating samples.
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I still find it interesting that during the seemingly endless events in the runup to the Brexit Referendum, the two most passionate and emotionally engaging supporters of Remain that I heard speak were Nicholas Soames and Laura Sandys.
Incredible interview with @NSoames to mark 60 years since his grandfather’s death. LISTEN AGAIN ON @bbc5live
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Imagine what might have happened if Robert Kilroy-Silk had been worth more than £300 billion?
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It feels like one of those days.
A reminder of why it is better to be loudly wrong than quietly right in the world of social media. (Or why there is often no point in some people making sure that what they are saying on social media is actually verifiably true or not) A thread....
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@richardvadon @rcolvile Is the opposite of an encore, an "off core"? If so, it would be perfect for that.
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Given how often Andrew has been just "too honourable" in the past, surely there now must be a very real concern about who he might spend it with.
Prince Andrew will not spend Christmas with Royal Family at Sandringham, sources tell BBC
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Interesting to think what is greater: the number of people surprised by this or the number of people supportive of this?
Saudi Arabia confirmed as hosts of 2034 men's football World Cup Watch and follow reaction:
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With the benefit of hindsight you can argue more should have been done to show leadership, make the case for action and win the public round. I do not, however, remember widespread calls for that at the time.
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Your annual reminder that Sir Roger Bannister came second to one of his pacemakers in the first BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1954. The year Bannister became the first person to break the four-minute mile. #bbcspoty
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Some of us are old enough to remember when a petition on the government's own website calling for the national anthem to be replaced by "Gold" by Spandau Ballet received over 1 million signatures.
BREAKING: The petition calling for a new general election in Britain has reached 1 million signatures. People are tired of Socialist tyranny police state.
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About 30 years ago, Sir John Whittingdale spoke to the A-level politics students at Colchester 6th Form College. I was one of the students he spoke to. Tonight on Radio 4 at 8pm, he and I will be on Any Questions from Colchester - along with Emma Reynolds and Halima Begum. #BBCAQ
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@HugoGye My timeline appears to be exploring this issue from a variety of angles of differing seriousness.
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@RobDotHutton Except 20 of those MPs ARE WHIPS, so it's one person whipping five MPs. <INSERT OWN JOKE HERE>
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#QTWTAIN - and I will happily take part in a public debate on the subject with Isaac Levido, Morgan McSweeney or anyone else mentioned in the book. Anyone fancy it? My DMs are open.
Should the U.K. ban polling for a period before an election? Other countries do — and top Tory & Labour strategists both see the case for it. Latest story from my book Landslide with @REWearmouth here
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