BURSTIt would seem that poll data was cherrypicked and then used to brief the Times. Such distortion of facts from a public body should alarm us all
The latest strike by resident doctors began on Friday 14 November. That morning, the headline of the lead story on the front page of the Times proclaimed: “Five days of NHS strikes opposed by most doctors”.
The story began: “Most junior doctors do not support Friday’s strike, a poll has revealed as Wes Streeting attacked the British Medical Association for going ‘against the wishes’ of its members.” The trouble is that the poll showed no such thing.
Peter Kellner is a former president of YouGov
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