Never Mind The Bar Charts

How to change the result of the election with the help of targeting

Welcome to the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, taking a look at the key role for targeting in general elections, how the Lib Dem Brexit policy is going down with voters, some seats to watch out for on election night and a very large number of digressions.
Show notes
Reactions to Jo Swinson's interview with Andrew Neil.
The BBC's fact check of that interview.
Fiona Bruce's Question Time mistake.
The Boris Johnson interview question about him lying, missing any of the obvious follow-ups.
The latest YouGov polling on revoking Article 50, along with evidence from earlier in the year: #1, #2 and #3.
How to make a difference in the last week of the election.
How Lib Dem members can find a target seat to help in.
Fact check: thanks to @SoupDragon0 for pointing out a mistake in the episode about the letters than British Prime Ministers write setting out what to do with the country's nuclear weapons.
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How is the Liberal Democrat general election campaign going?

In Episode #24, Stephen and Mark take a look at how the Liberal Democrat general election campaign is going so far.
They used a blog post from Mark about the YouGov MRP results to structure their discussion, so here as the show notes is an updated version of that post: https://www.markpack.org.uk/160501/yougov-mrp-polling/.
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Prince Andrew, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, and the Liberal Democrats

Welcome to the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, which takes a look at the general election and in particular the policy-heavy message the Liberal Democrats are pushing.
Show notes
The David Davis 'look, no notes' photo.
One, two, three, four Lib Dem candidate problems.
Not Enough Campagne podcast on the impact of candidate deals.
A summary of the Liberal Democrat policies.
The problem with the Liberal Democrat message in 2005.
Liberal Democrat party committee election results.
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Battlegrounds, bar charts but not Brexit

With the general election underway, Stephen Tall and Mark Pack discuss how things are going so far for the Liberal Democrats, what the constituency polls are saying, the role of bar charts and the latest on the party's internal elections.
Show notes
What the national opinion polls are saying.
All the constituency polls made public so far.
The full list of Unite to Remain seat arrangements.
What went wrong with the Liberal Democrat constituency polling in 2015?
Responsible bar charting.
More information on voting in the Liberal Democrat internal elections.
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How are the Liberal Democrats going to do in the general election?

Once again, an MP has kindly timed their decision to join the Liberal Democrats for just before the recording of an episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts.
So Stephen and I discussed the party's latest Parliamentary recruit along with the outlook for the general election.
Show notes
Antoinette Sandbach joins the Liberal Democrats.
How many Liberal Democrat MPs are there now?
The new Liberal Democrat election slogan.
Got problems voting in the Liberal Democrat internal elections? Email elections@libdems.org.uk.
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LIVE SHOW: Is Dominic Cummings a genius?

In the first live audience recording of Never Mind The Bar Charts, host Stephen Tall talks to two people who have worked with Dominic Cumnings: Polly Mackenzie and Sean Kemp.

Rebels with a cause

Welcome to the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, in which Stephen Tall and I discuss the growing number of recruits to the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party, the unusual set of seats the party is targeting for the general election, why Will Hutton is wrong about Jeremy Corbyn and why everyone should go read Gaby Hinsliff.
Plus an extended digression about cake, apples and grandmothers.
Show notes
Mark is running to be Liberal Democrat Party President.
The must-listen interview with Paula Surridge about British politics and the place for the Liberal Democrats.
Local Lib Dem PPC Ian Sollom graciously welcomes Heidi Allen to the Lib Dems.
Rob Castell, formerly Lib Dem PPC for Beaconsfield, previously did a brilliant campaign video.
Cake, having and eating thereof.
Grandmothers and machine guns.
Gaby Hinsliff's excellent piece on the end of the liberal Tory.

Is politics still about left versus right?

Welcome to the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, a variation of the usual format in which I interview Paula Surridge about her research into the British electorate. She's been one of the pioneers in understanding how there is more than left versus right to modern British politics. Listen to hear what she has to say about what this means for the Liberal Democrats...
Show notes
A good introduction to some of Paula Surridge's work.
Paula Surridge on Twitter.
Paula Surridge on Medium.

Lib Dems do the Revokey-Cokey

Welcome to the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, which takes a look at the news that the Liberal Democrats may run in the general election on a simple 'revoke Article 50' platform. Stephen Tall attempts to fisk my Remainer optimism. He possibly fails. Or does he?
Show notes
Keep count of how many Liberal Democrat MPs there are.
Monica Harding is the Lib Dem PPC for Dominic Raab's constituency.
Demand Better sets out the wider Lib Dem policy plans beyond Brexit.
Boris Johnson on Damian McBride.

The Brexit Episode: Remain is winning! (Or is it?)

Welcome to the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, in which I go full-on cheerleading for Remain. Stephen Tall responds with half a bucket of cold water.
Show notes:
Beatrice Wishart wins in Shetland.
Reasons to doubt the Boris Johnson / Dominic Cummings strategy.
The public doesn't like prorogation.
Tom Chivers on Dominic Cummings and a game of chicken.
Charles Moore's biography of Margaret Thatcher.
The Led By Donkeys anti-Breixt campaigners.
Come and watch us record a special episode: "Is Dominic Cummings a genius?".