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Opinion Polls – The Methodology and Reliability

26th August 2026 Going Postal 0

The previous piece on opinion polls looked at who commissions opinion polls and what might be their motivations. This second piece is about how opinion polls are conducted and how reliable they are. Let us [more…]

Elections

Opinion Polls & Opinion Pollsters

25th August 2026 Going Postal 0

In 1992, every opinion poll and market research organization predicted a Labour victory at the general election. The BBC exit poll as the polls closed at 10pm on 9 April 1992 suggested that the Conservatives [more…]

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Rday – An Icarus who soared to close to the Truth

25th August 2026 Going Postal 0

I had two immediate reactions to the news of Jason Arday’s apparent suicide. The first was sadness, especially for his two children, wife, and parents. The second was to start a countdown to when the [more…]

Fiction

A Captain Comes to Call

24th August 2026 Going Postal 0

My name’s Wallace. Not the Wallace, a Wallace, or rather A. Wallace, Albert Wallace that is and… Let me start over. My name is Albert Wallace and I’m a driver for the RASS – the [more…]

Collecting

Smalls acts of resistance: P-p-p-pick up a pen and start planning

23rd August 2026 Going Postal 0

The following two statements are a given among most GPers: We won’t vote our way out of this; we and our way of life are being replaced at a rate of knots… The late Patrick [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Thirty-Eight

23rd August 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my happy readers. It was getting hotter again this morning when I went out. I hear it is building up to Thursday being the hottest day of the week and then getting [more…]

Fiction

Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Fourteen

22nd August 2026 Going Postal 0

“There are changes going on in the setup here, I have been offered a position on the books. It means for most of the time I would be behind a desk, this will leave a [more…]

20th Century

TANKFEST 2026 & The Tank Museum, Pt 1

20th August 2026 Going Postal 0

For Father’s Day this year, my brother suggested taking Dad to TANKFEST, the annual event held at The Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset. Yes… yes, let’s do that! Having visited the museum a few years [more…]

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Postcard from Tromso

19th August 2026 Going Postal 0

A few months ago, I took a trip way up north. To be specific, Tromsø towards the top of Norway. As we were travelling by sea and the weather had been quite inclement for the [more…]

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