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Election and Adultery Special

Tim Harford and a panel of experts discuss pre-election polls and election fact checking. Plus, is Beeston in Nottinghamshire really the most adulterous town in the country?

On the day after the election, Tim Harford hosts a live edition of More or Less. We bring together a panel of experts to discuss how the pre-election opinion polls tallied up to the results. Plus, researchers and journalists tell Tim about the process of fact checking the election, and give examples of some of the more dubious uses of statistics by the parties.

And, is Beeston in Nottinghamshire really the most adulterous town in the country?

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28 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Fri 8 May 201516:30
  • Sun 10 May 201520:00

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