The sort of people who volunteer to attend a TV politics debate are in absolutely no way representative of 'the people'
Even less so when they've been deliberately stratified to be 50% labour supporters and 50% conservative at a time when labour are polling 40% and the tories 20%.
Was listening to the Rest is Politics. Alistair Campbell said he was speaking at an event yesterday, obviously for people who follow politics, but when asked only a handful of them said they would watch the debate last night on TV, let alone be an audience member.
The sort of people who volunteer to attend a TV politics debate are in absolutely no way representative of 'the people'
Even less so when they've been deliberately stratified to be 50% labour supporters and 50% conservative at a time when labour are polling 40% and the tories 20%.