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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:03:37 -0000, "BAC"
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in
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prune

And don't say that the polls
were flawed. The results were too overwhelmingly in favour of
a ban
to allow for any possible misinterpretation of the results.


I don't know whether or not the polls were flawed, only a
referendum
would
settle that.

GB & NI isn't governed by means of referendums.


True, although they have been used on matters affecting devolution
and will
be used regarding the euro and the euro constitution as soon as the
Government thinks it will win. But that doesn't invalidate my point
that the
only way to determine whether the polls Franz referred to were
accurate
would have been to test their results against a referendum posing
the same
question.

The details of the accuracy of the polls are not relevant here. The
majority was so overwhelmingly in favour of a ban that any reasonable
amount of error would be absorbed without changing the qualitative
result that the polulation all over the counntry, including the rural
regions normally associated with fox hunting.

It really is time you accepted the realities of the situation.
Wistfully thinking that you might have a valid point is not a valid
form of arguing.

Franz