From: Gene McAloon 

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:56:06 +0200, Phil Payne
 wrote:

>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3796075.stm
>
>"On the basis of voting in 300 key wards the BBC is projecting an
>equivalent national vote for the parties of Tories 38%, Lib Dems 30% and
>Labour 26%."

Meaningless projection. Votes for local councils cannot be accurately translated
into results in a national election probably a year from now.  Actually,
they are not trying to do that, but rather showing that Labour has, as
expected, taken a drubbing in local elections and what that might mean if
followed in a national election, rather than predicting that it will happen
in a national election.

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