Reply to: Blindgit resigns

[stackpole]

ah but if you had a long order for 50k you would have make about 5k on it in the space of a few hours.

Someone with inside information perhaps?

Someone like Blunkett?

[n5gooner]

Fecks sake dude -- only fecking lia.. statistitians make charts with axis Y not starting at 0 to misrepresent chart.

FFS change from 1.7660 to 1.7700 is 0.2%!

ah but if you had a long order for 50k you would have make about 5k on it in the space of a few hours.

[AlfredJPruffock]

And results for online BBC poll will certainly not be representative of nation because old people don't even know what IPOD is.

Is IPOD something to do with Peas ?

[darmstadt]

[AtW]

54,000 is fifty times what Mori have to use for a valid poll.

I think you don't understand concept of representation. Lets say all members of the Tory party will be polled on who should be the next PM - what percentage do you think Labour will score? Not much, but this poll will be invalid because its not representative of the country. Same here - old people who number significantly are much less likely to answer online polls like the one on BBC site, which is why BBC correctly disclaims that poll results (regardless of number of respondednts) may not be representative.

When Mori does its poll they are careful to include representative sample of the national public.

In this case poll is likely to have similar numbers as Mori, but you miss the point that disclaimers are GENERIC not specific, say tomorrow BBC will make poll on subject -- who thinks they can't live without IPOD? And results for online BBC poll will certainly not be representative of nation because old people don't even know what IPOD is.

[datestamp]

Blunkett quits after 'mistakes'

David Blunkett
Mr Blunkett: Second resignation

Blunkett's statement
David Blunkett has said he is "deeply sorry" for the embarrassment he has caused Tony Blair, after he resigned as work and pensions secretary.

He said he was guilty of making a mistake on three occasions and was now "paying the price for it".

Tony Blair described Mr Blunkett as a "decent and honourable man".

Mr Blunkett quit after breaking the ministerial code of conduct over paid work he took while out of the Cabinet. Hilary Benn is tipped to replace him.

Michael Howard said the events showed a "haemorrhage" of Mr Blair's authority.

He's gone !

[wendigo100]

Yes because even if we assume no geeks mass-submitted answers to the poll from botnets, this opinion is representative of people who ... read BBC news online website! And not everybody does it, so this opinion is not necesserily the same as opinions of people in the country even though in some cases it may as well be the same.

I take the point Alexei, but:

Would anyone be @rsed to mass-submit answers for this?

54,000 is fifty times what Mori have to use for a valid poll.

81% is pretty conclusive.

[AtW]

Eh? 54,000 may not reflect public opinion?

Yes because even if we assume no geeks mass-submitted answers to the poll from botnets, this opinion is representative of people who ... read BBC news online website! And not everybody does it, so this opinion is not necesserily the same as opinions of people in the country even though in some cases it may as well be the same.

[BoredBloke]

"1300 comments"

So that was mine and another 1299 then

[Joe Black]

Hmm, the number of votes cast is still increasing...at the same time no change to the percentage.

[wendigo100]

I think it is closed:

Was David Blunkett right to resign?
Yes 81%
No 19%
54643 Votes Cast
Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion

Eh? 54,000 may not reflect public opinion?

There have been 1300 comments too. Actually, some of those who say he shouldn't have resigned say he should have been sacked by Blair.

[Joe Black]

Wendigo, to make it easier I've cut out the URL used to vote yes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/pollin...ce=1&vote=vote

[wendigo100]

Did you vote wendigo?, last I saw it was 82% were glad he'd gone.

No, I didn't see the poll. I was wading through 50 pages of reader comments. Very busy.

Like Tony English, I bet he keeps his grace and favour mansion, just like last time, and just like previous fallen ministers. Although I believe Robin Cook was finally turfed out of his mansion earlier this year.

[AtW]

It appears some people are happy, try and guess when the announcement was made.

Fecks sake dude -- only fecking lia.. statistitians make charts with axis Y not starting at 0 to misrepresent chart.

FFS change from 1.7660 to 1.7700 is 0.2%!

[wendigo100]

Got it. So the pound has strengthened on the news.

Now I'm wondering why that should be so.