Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Dramatic YouGov poll suggests that Scots are least likely to care whether men wear red trousers or not

Still no sign of that elusive YouGov poll on referendum voting intentions - there hasn't been one since October 2012, which in some ways is just as well, because of course YouGov are notorious for using biased 'explanatory' preambles, and for producing results that are more favourable for No than virtually any other pollster.  But what they have come up with instead is something that is even more overdue.  At last we have some clarity on the regional breakdown of opinion in the great 'men wearing red trousers' debate.  Paradoxically, Scots are both less likely to like the idea of men wearing red trousers AND to dislike the idea.  See for yourself...

PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE THE IDEA OF MEN WEARING RED TROUSERS:

London 20%
South excluding London 12%
Wales and English Midlands 10%
North of England 12%
Scotland 9%

PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO DISLIKE THE IDEA OF MEN WEARING RED TROUSERS:

London 46%
South excluding London 48%
Wales and English Midlands 48%
North of England 41%
Scotland 40%

PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE WHETHER MEN WEAR RED TROUSERS OR NOT:

London 34%
South excluding London 40%
Wales and English Midlands 42%
North of England 48%
Scotland 51%

I am genuinely not making this up.

11 comments:

  1. Somebody paid for that question. I'd like to know who that was.

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  2. Somebody paid for that question. I'd like to know who that was.
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    I suspect he was wearing red trousers.

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  3. A wealthy but self-conscious male wearer of red trousers would be my guess. He might want to steer clear of UKIP voters, because we know that a clear majority of them (53%) dislike men wearing red trousers.

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  4. I know you're not making it up because I answered that poll. The last question was something along the lines of "What word comes into your head when you see someone wearing red trousers?" One word actually did, immediately, pop into my head so, a bit surprised but not wanting to skew the research, I responded "Tit".

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  5. Erm, yeah.

    Actually, to be serious for a minute, I'd have required clarification on the shade of red to which they were referring.

    It might be interesting to compare these figures with a similar poll done for women in red trousers.

    Or what about men (or women) in green trousers or purple skirts?

    These are presumably important matters. And of course, what UKIP thinks of them is essential knowledge.

    Lord Monckton has a peculiar style of dressing.

    https://static-secure.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2010/8/11/1281554142902/The-3rd-Viscount-Monckton-003.jpg

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  6. expect a story in the scotsman tomorrow

    "red-trouser industry likely to be decimated by independence"

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  7. Santa Claus won't visit an independent Scotland.

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  8. Off the topic but a fun example of just how stupid the posters on PB are.Wee-Timmy,

    You're wrong in detail: Cross-rail gave Edinborough - via Barnett - an uneconomic tram-link despite a better economic case for Manchester. Just like Edinborough Uni got the "UK" super-computing funding.

    There is not and never wil be a Barnett consequential from the £16,000,000,000 london crossrail.

    And the story of the tram is too wel known even for that cretin to be remain in ignorance.

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  9. This blog is relevant; http://lookatmyfuckingredtrousers.blogspot.co.uk/

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