As an update:

My policy is to no longer report on polls by #WhitestoneInsight. This decision was reached after asking them why they hadn't published tables for a poll they conducted last month about the deselection of a Lib Dem parliamentary candidate. Their response was to publish the tables (meaning they hadn't complied with their BPC duty to do so until challenged) and the tables show that the question asked was one of the most (mis)leading push polling questions I've seen in my life.

@rmblaber1956 I agree with you. To me #WhitestoneInsight look like a pretty clear outlier, given that the only other pollster with Reform in second place is 'People Polling', who I outright refuse to cover given their record of push-polling. I've not looked into Whitestone's methodology but I imagine they're doing something very odd to be getting such anomalous results.

GB OPINION POLL

Headline Westminster voting intention by #WhiteStoneInsight:

🔮 Labour: 38% (-1)
âšȘ Reform UK: 21% (+1)
đŸ”” Conservatives: 18% (-1)
🟠 Liberal Democrats: 11% (=)
🟱 Green Party: 7% (+2)
🟡 SNP: 2% (-1)

Labour lead of 17 points.

Conducted 26-27 June 2024. Changes with 19-20 June 2024.

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GB OPINION POLL

Headline Westminster voting intention by #WhiteStoneInsight:

🔮 Labour: 39% (-2)
âšȘ Reform UK: 20% (+2)
đŸ”” Conservatives: 19% (=)
🟠 Liberal Democrats: 12% (+1)
🟱 Green Party: 6% (=)
🟡 SNP: 3% (=)

Labour lead of 19 points.

Conducted 19-20 June 2024. Changes with 13 June 2024.

Details: https://www.whitestoneinsight.com/votingintention

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Voting Intention - Whitestone Insight

Whitestone Insight

Headline Westminster voting intention by #WhiteStoneInsight:

🔮 Labour: 41% (-1)
đŸ”” Conservatives: 19% (-3)
âšȘ Reform UK: 17% (+1)
🟠 Liberal Democrats: 11% (+2)
🟱 Green Party: 6% (+1)
🟡 SNP: 3% (=)

Labour lead of 22 points.

Conducted 12-13 June 2024. Changes with 5-6 June 2024.

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For the record, I do not report on polls from 'People Polling' or 'Whitestone Insight'. They are members of the British Polling Council and therefore their polls should be statistically valid, but I just do not, and will not, trust any pollster that explicitly pushes a particular political agenda & which routinely asks leading questions in order to produce provocative press releases.

Sorry if anyone finds this disappointing.

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