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For and Against National Service | Yes, Prime Minister | Comedy Greats

BBC Comedy Greats · 661.6K views · 2021-09-27 · 3:30

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A Yes, Prime Minister scene in which Sir Humphrey shows how leading questions can make a poll produce either answer on national service.

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Linked whenever surveys or polls are suspected of manipulation through question wording.

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upboundspiral · 2026-05 · Reference

Your solution (of tackling unemployment by tacking it onto national defense), is eerily close to what they discussed in an episode of Yes Prime Minister in the 80s. [LINK] [VIDEO]

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SanjayMehta · 2026-03 · Reference

Social Studies practitioners' surveys, for which they use statistics, depend heavily on the wording of the questionnaire. [VIDEO] It's not a science.

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hnlmorg · 2025-10 · Reference

Is it popular? I’m a parent and none of my parent friends like it. I suspect this law isn’t popular. Just the messaging of doing nothing is more unpopular. So it gets spun as this is popular. [VIDEO]

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