>> Was the survey held back because it was faulty, or because it was too favourable?
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>> www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/poll-labour-yougov-2017-election-b2096555.html
YouGov was jointly founded by Nadhim Zahawi. Some conspiracy-minded Labour types question the integrity of 'unfavourable' YouGov polls, decrying it as a 'Tory' polling organisation.
I don't subscribe to this myself, the whole proposition of a polling organisation is accurate insight so it would be very bad business.
Suppressing or delaying the release of a poll might be more easily rationalised since it doesn't involve actually lying, but I'm not convinced. On the other hand I have withheld data myself when I didn't fully trust it - as might be the case when the results are unexpected. But the right thing to do when you've checked it is to release it with whatever qualification or comment is appropriate.
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