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March 16, 2010

Why Not Ban British Opinion Polls?

Dominic Lawson, The Independent

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There would be something marvellous about an election campaign free of opinion polls.

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TAGGED: British Conservative Party, Tory, New Labour, Tony Blair, Labour Party, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, United Kingdom

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