[CallMeV]

I certainly do not support such a measure; nor does anyone I know.

973 people were polled. In no way can that tiny population represent the views of the more than 60 million Brits alive today. The pollsters should have made a bigger study and approached more diverse groups.

[anigbrowl]

Surprisingly, yes it can, and the margin of error can be precisely calculated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survey_sampling