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This Fri all day on @BBCParliament 0955-2359, the full BBC coverage of election night 2010
Followed by Sat all evening on @BBCParliament 1930-2330: the 1959 general election
And the following 3 Saturdays:
16 May 1000-2330 1964 general election
23 May 0900-2359 1979 general election
30 May 0900-2310 1997 general election
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Jan 1942: “Should India’s demand for self-govt be granted during the war or should it wait until after the war?” During 31%, After 41%, No opinion 28%
Feb 1942: “Provided that on each occasion parliament gives special permission, would you approve or disapprove if important speechs in the House of Commons were put on records and later broadcast by the BBC?” Approve 65%, Disapprove 18%, No opinion 17%
May 1942: “Who is the world’s greatest living man?”
Churchill 42%
Stalin 24%
Roosevelt 20%
Hitler 4%
Sir Stafford Cripps 3%
Gandhi 2%
The King 2%
Chiang Kai-Shek 1%
Anthony Eden 1%
George Bernard Shaw 1%
(Excl 37% who expressed no opinion)
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This thread of selected findings from Gallup polls in Great Britain from 1937 is collected here docs.google.com/document/d/16Q… Image
Jan 1942: “Should India’s demand for self-govt be granted during the war or should it wait until after the war?” During 31%, After 41%, No opinion 28%
Feb 1942: “Provided that on each occasion parliament gives special permission, would you approve or disapprove if important speechs in the House of Commons were put on records and later broadcast by the BBC?” Approve 65%, Disapprove 18%, No opinion 17%
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The first Q asked by a Gallup poll in Great Britain, Jan 1937: “Do you consider that the grounds of divorce should be made easier?” Yes 58%, No 42% Image
I found 2nd Q surprising as well: “Do you consider that doctors should be given power to end the life of a person incurably ill?” Yes 69%, No 31%
By May 1937 it’s already bleak: “If another major European war breaks out, do you think Great Britain will be drawn into it?” Yes 83%, No 17%
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