Don’t normally rise to this stuff but it drives me mad. What do we think is more likely? A) mainstream pollsters whose reputation depends on getting the right result are deliberately excluding Labour voters B) There is no shortage of highly engaged left leaning grads on panels so of course you’re less likely to be selected for a VI poll.

Am like a broken record on this, but every conversation with the public shows there is no more slack when it comes to trust in politics. It’s not the usual grumbles, but a sense the whole system is rigged, and the consequence is that people are turning away from the mainstream.

This is the pattern around the world. Incumbency = defeat.