Woah! According to a former senior staffer for leading polling company YouGov, his former employer refused to publish polling data that was favourable to the Labour party in the 2017 election - and even manipulated methodology for the same reason - after coming under political pressure from a Tory MP who co-founded the organisation.

But this scandal raises major questions about our democracy.

YouGov has released a statement denying one of the allegations: https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1534500346093092864

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