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Leaders' debate libel controversy
Padraig Reidy: YouGov accuses Craig Murray of libel over leaders' debate
29 Apr 10

Former diplomat Craig Murray has revealed that polling company YouGov has accused him of libel.

Murray posted an article last week suggesting that YouGov had “rigged” a poll after last week’s UK election leaders’ debate in favour of Conservative leader David Cameron. The YouGov poll gave Cameron a clear lead over Labour’s Gordon Brown and the Liberal Democrats’ Nick Clegg. Other polls suggested a much tighter result.

Read Murray’s account here

By Padraig Reidy

Padraig Reidy is the editor of Little Atoms and a columnist for Index on Censorship. He has also written for The Observer, The Guardian, and The Irish Times.

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