Replying to a message of Phil Payne to All:

 PP> From: Phil Payne 
 PP> So I've been asking people in as neutral a way as I can just what they
 PP> think?

 PP> The polls tell us a majority of UK citizens support the current
 PP> action. Not what I'm finding.  Six people so far, all very strongly
 PP> against it. It's a small sample, but I'm beginning to wonder about
 PP> the polls.

You can structure any poll to give whatever result you want.  There are
several ways to do it, but generally it involved selecting the target
population and structuring the questions to receive the desired answer. 
Pollsters are experts at doing exactly that.

And, of course, group selection and question structure are 'trade secrets',
so you can't replicate it - you just have to 'trust them'.
I don't.

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