{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/a4e9d98d-a132-4c39-9770-5a48ed38acf8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"UK poll update: Owen Paterson prompted Conservative “confidence collapse” – with Ben Walker","description":"<p>Ailbhe Rea is joined by New Statesman data journalist Ben Walker for the first of a monthly look at what’s going on in the <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/polling\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">opinion polls</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>They look at the current state of the parties, what polls can and can’t tell you and why the don’t knows really matter.</p><p><br></p><p>Then in You Ask Us, they answer a number of listener’s questions including how polling methodologies differ and <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2021/08/election-win-calculator\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">what it would take to get a hung parliament</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you have a question for You Ask Us, email <a href=\"mailto:podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}