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Originally Posted by Russ D
No, what I mean is the AA's source of income - ie it's customers - are people who would be directly affected by the blockades, so they're not going to present evidence which would serve to antagonise it's members. I'm not saying the AA lied but more likely they took their customers' feeling in to account when presenting their findings....
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If the customers (as you say, most likely to be affected by the blockades) said they weren't happy with the blockades, surely it would be foolish for the AA to present a different view to their actual findings?
A poll in a newspaper who's reader demographic contains a majority of labour supporters is more likely to be in line with labour's view on the matter, that of protesters being bad, goverment good.
Just as a poll in an anti labour paper is likely to show the opposite (assuming it has been reporting on the situation with an anti labour/pro protester bias)
A motoring organisation is going to have members from all of the political spectrum, but most importantly, all members are going to be affected by the situation, therefore most likely to give an informed result.
There's no point asking if non-motorists support a protest or not because such a protest didn't affect them directly.