Reported claimRated Incorrect. YouGov’s poll was a national survey based on a hypothetical scenario, not a conventional survey of voting intention. The results should not be used as a ‘forecast’, nor can they be reliably applied to any individual constituency. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “A YouGov poll predicts the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn will lose his seat to the Liberal Democrats in the next election.” Incorrect. YouGov’s poll was a national survey based on a hypothetical scenario, not a conventional survey of voting intention. The results should not be used as a ‘forecast’, nor can they be reliably applied to any individual constituency..
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