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The last two general elections and the European referendum had one thing in common - they were not happy times for the pollsters.

Anxious to find out why the actual results have differed from most predictions, a committee of peers has been hearing from an expert pollster, familiar to viewers of Election night programmes.

Mandy Baker reports.

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