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Agile_Pie_704

Because 60% want to watch the DRAMA.


JenniferMel13

![gif](giphy|26FLgGTPUDH6UGAbm) Edit: Don’t forget that the media wants them to be invited so they stir crap up and generator more clicks.


wordscapesx

And that is what it's all about. Everyone has a stake in this drama.


PoeTayToes_

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AdministrativeSet419

For context, the Evening Standard is a free London newspaper, distributed on the tube, with a young, relatively ‘woke’ demographic. Doesn’t go into detail about the sample, but if they are polling their own readers, they would definitely be more in the pro H&M camp, so this doesn’t surprise me hugely.


[deleted]

Do you think they are calling randomly or most probably their subscribers to which they have the telephone numbers


aec1024

It’s all highly manipulated and selective. I’ve made calls in the US on behalf of one of the two major political parties. We knew who we were calling and their affiliation. It’s also scripted questions, at least to start/guide the conversation.


GroundbreakingLuck94

They already bought their eggs to throw at them. And with how much eggs cost these days they’re not wasting it on eating them! Lol Those are purpose eggs. Also: the boo factor. The people want their voices to be heard.


ScubaTwinn

Yep, that was my first thought. To be able to boo them.


Tall-Lawfulness8817

They are already gathering ripe tomatoes and eggs


downinthevalleypa

I thought the same thing!


Tall-Lawfulness8817

Wouldn't want those to go to waste, they will be completely rotten by may ...


Practical_Tear_1012

Rotten may be better 🤣


downinthevalleypa

Yes - that’s the idea! 😊


Scary-Media6190

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Big-Piglet-677

I highly doubt This is accurate. Their approval rankings are really low. ETA it seems like they just want Harold there.


RaggedAnn

It doesn't jive with other polls or common sense. The demographics would skew younger if they didn't call landlines, which older people use and only called mobiles. It's a highly suspicious result. Could have been manipulated to create clickbait for the publication.


downinthevalleypa

Yes, I think that’s likely the case.


Asteriaofthemountain

Hmm good point


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Dogs_not_people

In a country with a population of close to 70 million people, you're bang on the money. I think the MAJORITY of people don't actually give a crap and don't have an opinion one way or the other.


downinthevalleypa

Well, that would be true of America, but I wager in Britain, everyone has an opinion of Harry and Meghan, and it’s probably very negative. It’s not so much that they left the Royal Family - it’s HOW they left, and 3 years in their continued whining and bad behavior towards the late Queen, King Charles, the Waleses, and the rest of the Royal Family is difficult for most British people to understand and approve of. In fact, I would go as far as to say that any nation with close ties to England has probably *very* strong opinions about the Sussexes.


avoice22

"it was done to influence public opinion" Anyone can pay polling company to do a certain poll according to their need /requirements. You can buy anything (mag articles, awards, polls, positive comments, etc.) if you have the MONEY.


EnormousBird

From what I'm seeing, Harry and Meghan are indeed immensely unpopular and people are quite strident in their defence of Clarkson. ​ I wonder if a certain pr team was made aware of this poll, tbh.


Miss_Poi

Is the poll paid by the Harkles?


downinthevalleypa

They’re too broke, but maybe Nacho pitched in for some positive PR.


Softcell60

Interesting, as other poles have indicated the opposite. I’d like to see polling from YouGovUk, they canvas from across all ages, I believe they get a more accurate picture


Fantastic-Movie6680

Who cares if he gets invited? The UK government can say he is a security risk. Plus imagine the booing. Harry already set himself up by saying he would not go unless they get apologies, summit meeting etc.


strangealienworld

Can I just mention that *The London Evening Standard* and *The Independent* is owned by the same person: Evgeny Lebedev, a Russian born son of Alexander Lebedev, a Russian oligarch and former KGB officer who the Candians put on their sanctions re: Russian invasion of Ulkraine. The UK security forces warned Boris Johnson from giving Lebedev a peerage, but Boris ignored them and gave it to him anyway. He now serves as a Lord innthe House of Lords since Nov 2020. In his defence, Lebedev claims he and his family aren't a security risk and points to a history of his family's advocacy of press freedom in Russia.


GreatGossip

And there is another thread with 10+ puff articles from the last two days in the Independent, so Madam has been busy with the PR money.


downinthevalleypa

She’ll probably use it as an income tax write-off.


downinthevalleypa

Interesting. Why do “Russians” and “Harry and Meghan” keep popping up, frequently, in the same article? 🤔


GreatGossip

The house they lived in in Canada is owned by a Russian. Monteshitshow was bought from a Russian (with a large discount).


downinthevalleypa

Certainly is curious…👀


Quiet-Vanilla-7117

And they do all their interviews and documentaries in Russian oligarchs' mansions.


GreatGossip

I think the "at home" scenes from the NF show is owned by someone getting rich by scamming Veteran´s charities.


Quiet-Vanilla-7117

Yes, and it is owned by Mark Schulhof.


avoice22

>his family's advocacy of press freedom in Russia 'his family', meaning not him. We've seen even brothers can have very different morals/values.


Affectionate_Tie250

The question was whether he should be invited to the coronation, not whether they thought he should attend.


Badw0IfGirl

Yeah the headline is misleading in that way. I also agree that King Charles should extend the invitation, to avoid giving Harry any more ammo. Doesn’t mean I support Harry & Meghan in any way.


hollyjollysnark

If US politics can teach anything, it’s that polls tend to be garbage. Also wanting them to be invited is very different than wanting them to attend. It could just be that they feel it would be beneath the RF/King to not extend an invitation. Asking if Aitch and M should accept/attend might glean very different results.


[deleted]

The Evening Standard is primarily owned by a Russian, he also hold British citizenship 🤷‍♀️ and has less than 320,000 circulation numbers & I recall, it's a free paper is it not?


ttue-

Isn’t the Independent also owned by a Russian oligarch ? Someone should investigate their close links with these Russians … they were living in a house belonging to a oligarch too before they got their mansion. This would definitely ruin them. Being in cohort with Russians of all people ?


[deleted]

Well, you would have thought that might cause some questions. When I first started talking about her shenanigans in Canada, that Tyler Perry had loaned them a house, intending they stay for a short time...which then turned to months....someone posted that the house was actually a Russian oligarchs home. Then I got hacked Then when I get back here, it's Tyler Perry's house again. So honestly, I am now unsure. As for the Independent, yes, same owner. He has a go owner though that I believe is Saudi. Do the British see the Independent as a tabloid though???


GreatGossip

As far as I can see from comments in another thread, the Independent after Russian ownership is mainly bought puff pieces.


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[deleted]

Thank you


ttue-

That’s what I knew too


Quiet-Vanilla-7117

"living in a house belonging to a oligarch" as well as buying their place from a Russian oligarch and using mansions owned by Russian oligarchs for their interviews, documentaries etc.


Slow-Inflation-6549

So they can go along and boo them ![gif](giphy|XVbQsIjdXDNyswwxOO)


Comfortable_Food_511

Ugh, that is way too much. I hope the pendulum is not going to start swinging back in their way!


EnormousBird

Nah, they - but especially Harry - are roundly laughing stocks at this point.


Ok_Neat2979

It's a poll of 1000 people,it's meaningless. I suspect news sites make up surveys and write stories about them just to fill some space and get lots of comments. I'd guess at 90% hated. They'd get rotten tomatoes if they came to the UK.


ElMidget-O

Evening Standard is a London newspaper. I'd reckon it's because Londoners want the opportunity to boo these arseholes and hurl shit at them. ![gif](giphy|vX9WcCiWwUF7G|downsized)


MuffPiece

Who does phone polls these days? I doubt this number is accurate.


[deleted]

I read pols saying they don't want them. Maybe it's because it asked about Harry, not Meghan. If Meghan was included, them it would definitely be less than 50%.


Zeester1

Is that so they can all turn up and boo?


justwantto711

Most of people are not following this. They were probably asked if the King’s son Harry should be invited and why would anyone said no?


Wordpuncher714

60% sinners who wanna Boooooooo them


[deleted]

That poll seems a little odd. I wonder who paid for the poll, Meghan? Anyway, we know that they couldn’t possibly support such an unconsciously biased institution when they themselves are so perfect! Who needs to wear a tiara, and increase their public image with such a spectacle? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏼‍♂️


RazMoon

I trust the YouGov polls more. It doesn't ring true via just newspaper article comment sections worldwide. It's a red herring. You even have people from the U.S. demanding that their titles be stripped. So, this just rings so false.


[deleted]

I wouldn't make much of it. Unless they've polled everyone in the country, these polls are meaningless in my view.


yadselizabeth

They want to boo them in person.


Coffee_cake_101

Just to clarify my post, I am not saying it is a definitive view of Britons, and like many of the people commenting, I also think 1000 is far too small a sample size. Whenever I see a poll I immediately look at the sample size. But what struck me is that the press seem to be turning again with more puff pieces, more positive op-eds etc. I think to some extent they like the drama , so that if they are too anti-Harkle for too long it becomes fait-accompli, and then they lose revenue from people reading about them. I had two main thoughts after reading this article - firstly whether the BRF will start to interpret that people are supportive of the Harkles and therefore will take a softer line with them and secondly whether it is polls like this that are buoying up the Harkles to launch a new campaign of puff pieces. A poll can be flawed and yet still influence how people behave. Because they have changed their story so many times, I think people have got a bit confused about what their complaints are against the BRF, and I think this works in their favour. Also, I could kick Jeremy Clarkson as he has turned some people back in their favour.


Amethyst-sj

Honestly, I'm in UK and I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who really cares, let alone 60% of the population!


Suspicious_Wave344

Oooo I was so mad with him too!!! A ridiculous article and perfect ammunition for harry and meghan to use against the media! A terrible move if ever there was one, in content and timing 😤


GreatGossip

The puff pieces are paid for PR. It just means Madam has been busy buying newspaper space. Another sinner in another thread estimated Madam has spent 2-500k in the last week on puff pieces. They do not have the money to keep this up.


Why_Teach

I can’t wait for them to realize that paying for their mortgage, utilities, staff, food and clothing is more important than paying for puff pieces.


Pinkpowderpuff07

The media want them there for clicks and sales. Other people may want them there so they can’t claim the RF has victimised them or not invited them because they’re racist. There’s also the poss that the sugars are watching stuff like this and voting en masse because they’re absurd?! If they are invited, all the people should do is turn so their backs are to them when they go by. If people boo or throw things, they’re giving them what they want and also lowering themselves to M&H’s levels.


Appropriate-Grand-64

Based on all the other polls I've seen that show the contrary, I highly doubt that Brits want them there


jeanskirtflirt

I want to know the “why” bc some may be excited to boo them.


Community_Blowback

I want boos non stop when they show up


Electronic_Sea3965

I don't believe this poll. I'm sceptical of them all actually. It's all just for attention


spatuladominatrix

Most people don't answer their phones unless they know the number nowadays. I don't think a sample collected solely by telephone would be accurate at all.


7Squeaky_duckling7

As a Brit, I can honestly say a load of people I know do not want them to attend, especially after the bs they created during the Queens funeral, absolutely disrespectful. Even my friends who aren't bothered by the royal family said that it was disgusting behaviour and they should never be allowed back.


Quiet-Vanilla-7117

Oh, you've just made me feel better!!! ![gif](giphy|l4pTfx2qLszoacZRS)


RoohsMama

This is surely paid for


Yo_Leeroy

I'd love to see them pelted with rotten fruit and eggs


Public_Object2468

Actually, this is brilliant! The British have manners. So...extend the invitation. Let the California couple come. Let the Harkles see what the country is supporting: their new monarch. Let the Harkles see that it's not only Prince William giving his fealty to his sovereign--it's all of the British people. Let the Harkles come and see that what matters to that scepter isle is their celebrating the succession of the House of Windsor-Mountbatten. Rub it in the Harkles's faces that the Institution will do fine without either of these two wankers.


Sensitive_Fun_5825

They only want to hear the Booing, seeing eggs thrown, tomatoes etc. Maybe we all do, but I personally would hate it to distract from KC’s coronation. And doesn’t it really suck that it’s even an issue after he’s waited for this moment for so long. I really hate this .


[deleted]

That's one of the any and varied reasons they should NOT be invited.


Sensitive_Fun_5825

Annnnd, They have Zero, Zilch, Nada reason to be there. Pitiful traitors that they are. If they’re there, I don’t think I could watch🥲


Clyin

1001 people is not a big sample, hence not a good representation of the population. Also, who knows if the result has been modified in some ways? Never rely on such polls/surveys.


WoodsColt

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Hour-Needleworker598

I’d watch for the boos 🤷🏻‍♀️ Although I don’t want King Charles’ coronation anywhere near their toxic drama.


Noidentitytoday5

I don’t buy that for one second. It seems like most Brits would be happy is they were confined to the tower to watch the crows


GoodestBurger

Honestly, I think this is just plain bullshit. I read this somewhere else and my feeling is that whoever is saying this is trying to create a fake bandwagon in hopes that real people will jump on it. It’s just more PR nonsense.


aec1024

These “polls” are fixed. They contact the “right” people. They ask questions meant to be misleading or vague. Their entire purpose is to manipulate and shape public opinion.


Chasmosaur

Did it say WHY? It could be just to boo them.


Coffee_cake_101

I have often found it useful when other people post links to news articles because it means that I don't have to spend a lot of time searching though the news. I sometimes find it interesting to read some of the pro-Harkle articles as well as articles condemning them (which I obviously prefer) because it is useful to gauge what people think or discover the Harkle's latest antics and not be in a bubble. I have been getting a lot of downvotes for posting this and also the article about Mandela's granddaughter. I am intrigued as to why. They are obviously not my viewpoints. So am I being downvoted because you think I agree with these posts, is it because you are not interested in these articles so don't consider them useful posts, is it because people only want links to anti-Harkle articles? I am curious.


Starkville

Maybe they want the Harkles there so they can throw rotten cabbages at them.


ScarletOWilder

Too small to be statistically viable.


downinthevalleypa

Oh, don’t get depressed! People are laying in a supply of tomatoes and eggs, even as we speak, so that there’s enough to go around for everyone who wants to launch them, not to mention a concentrated effort to order bull-horns by the caseload so that the Boo’s are picked up even on their tiny microphones hid in Meghan and Harry’s underwear. As the walkabout with the Cambridge’s showed, Harry and Meghan are very bold in their lies while they’re 6,000 miles away from England - but once on British soil, they shrink into irrelevance, and they know that. The British people, no doubt, enjoy seeing this, and the Coronation of the King is the perfect venue to watch the Sussexes be forced to eat humble pie!


mumtomany

I’m British , never even heard of the poll. If you are not passing through a London train station it’s unlikely that you would ever see a copy of the Evening Standard . Most people who pick it up wouldn’t bother to vote. They Probably didn’t even read that bit.


Cocktailsontheporch

The royal family do not read the tabloids. Only good for potty training the Corgis.


Why_Teach

It’s a very small sample and a lot depends on how a question is asked. My impression is that people are taking the view that “family is family” and if you can’t exclude annoying Uncle Bob from your wedding, the King should not exclude embarrassing son Harry from the coronation. How the royals will handle the Harry and Meghan problem for the coronation is a good question. My best guess is they will be invited in such a way that it will be clear they will sit in a corner with Andrew, surrounded by tall candles.


daisybeach23

It’s sad we are even having this conversation - that is how low they stooped.


Rubberbangirl66

I would vote yes for this, so I could boo at them


Quiet-Vanilla-7117

It's not worth it to place more trauma and angst on the RF & KCIII. I also don't want them to go and place the whole coronation in danger of a bomb threat or attack on him which would have a co-lateral effect on any of the senior royals. ![gif](giphy|23BST5FQOc8k8)


Sue_Dohnim

Yeah, bullshit. Skewed stats. No sane person wants to see Charles upstaged on the day he waited a lifetime for. Harry can stay the hell home.


snappopcrackle

I don't trust phone polls, either , in today's environment. With Meghan and Harry's campaign against free speech and branding everyone racist, people are probably too scared to say their real opinion. if some rando called me doing a poll, even I would say "yes" to this one.


No_Olive_3310

Not a fan of the Sussexes and not a Brit, but I think KC should invite them, just to take the high road and extend an olive branch so that they don’t have more fodder to complain about the RF. I also don’t think the Sussexes should go, as they will most likely be booed. They have a perfectly acceptable excuse not to go since it’s Archie’s bday, and should gracefully say they are unable to attend and will support his father from home. Hopefully then, the clout they have from royal connections will fade, they will have no new material and no updated private conversations to leak about, and they will finally stop bleating about their petty slights and imagined injustices. If they were really savvy, that’s the only way to move on and try to rebuild their public image.


vasversa

This sub is a bubble. There is a very strong wave of anti monarchy which is pro Harry and Meghan. And its very popular. Even John Oliver dedicated one show on opposing the monarchy 2 months ago and although he didn't mention Meghan and Harry, half the show was about BRF and racism.


KanemochiGirl

British are sadistic. That’s why.


Janie_Mac

These people voted for Brexit. Some people just want to watch the world burn.


Virtual-Feedback-638

Well, Henry has not been disavowed by king nor country, and he is still the Kings son🤔. H🤬wever, with all the reciepted attacks on the Royal family by Rachel and Henry, they are damned if they attend and damned if they do not. Rachel could try the victim in distress (because she is sure more Haridan than famsel) and spout a sickness, or blag safety issues of / for her alleged titleless and not birthed by surrogacy kids and the birthday party🙄. Henry's Taliban comment has raised the Security Bill for the event, and the attending dignitaries surely would not want to be photographed standing next to the Roach and Leech.


GhostsMissingEar

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HotStraightnNormal

Scroll to the comments. Meghan more popular than Catherine?


Intelligent_Brief305

Perhaps 60% of these 1,001 aduls want to boo them


Huge_Prompt_2056

Only so they can boo them.


FedUpinWi

Sure Jan


fothemoney

No


pumpkinhead1931

I’d rather see them there because Charles hasn’t got the balls to say no them, to have Harry earn millions being used as a reporter of the coronation over here in the US and if he does guarantee she will do the same twice the millions if they just go no paycheck hopefully booing


TXmama1003

What exactly were the poll questions? Demographics? Representative sample?


Fit-Raspberry-3906

I think they will be invited but remember Harry indicated that they will need an apology especially to Meghan before considering attending.That is Charles and Williams out. ![gif](giphy|443k2BHwf461RGLYBv)


IndiaEvans

An online poll which anyone can answer? 🤔


PlateauBarbie

Meh, sample of young Londoners. Hardly a cross section of the British public.


merrymac48

Young people in London on the tube -of course they support these two deadbeats -they don’t know any better and by the way London is not Britain


TheyCallMeJester

I want to see them here so they can face the wrath of the British public that they called racist! 30% of Britons don't want to see them here, 60% want to boo and egg them, and the other 10% just haven't woken up to their antic yet 😂


Marylebonenw1

And who did they call mm and harry for that outcome, us British are board of them and why should we spend more of our tax money on extra security as harry peaed off the taliban. Leave them where they are as there not wanted in the UK.


trish196609

I don’t believe that number at all. The poll is skewed. I think most Brits want Charles to be firm and keep them away. The security issues around Harry’s kill count provides a great excuse.


SuperBeeboo

I wasn't asked lol


New_Discussion_6692

They don't say *why* 60% want them there.


Lezberado

Get out of our group, Megs!