X Factor, the Student Protests and large corporations and tax - What you’ve been saying…
The last 48 hours on TellYouGov has seen a hive of activity about the X Factor as the show reached its climax on Sunday night with the victory of last male standing Matt Cardle. Ranking number 2 on the leaderboard behind only long-standing leaderboard stalwart Nick Clegg, the X Factor was clearly factoring highly amongst the nations opinions-and with its ability to polarise popular opinion its clear why its appeal has been so enduring. In these last 48hrs alone We’ve seen a significant drop in score of -83 with the most common complaints centering on the profit driven nature of the show, the quality of the performances and whether it’s fixed. It’s not been short of supporters though- ’Best show ever’, ‘amazing standard’ and ‘I love to hate it’ demonstrating the X Factor still has it as it pulls in record audiences. Nick Clegg, David Cameron and the Liberal Democrats have all had a hard time of it on the TellYouGov leaderboard over the week as the government voted through its controversial measures on university funding. Cameron’s score fell 48, the Lib Dem’s 61 and Clegg a whopping 251 as protest rose to levels unprecedented in years. That being said, though many Tyggers clearly felt strongly about the government measures and supported opposition, there has equally been considerable backlash on TellYouGov against the Student Protests with plenty of venom being vented at the levels of violence and destruction as the Student Protests score dropped to below -350 on Friday and Saturday. Though there was plenty of support for the principle of protest it is clear the students will have to be careful in future not to alienate their fellow citizens. Boots, Vodafone and TopShop have all come under negative scrutiny on TellYouGov this week as popular opinion cystalises against alleged tax evasion at a time when all are feeling the bite of cuts and thrift. The TellYouGov topic pages for Boots and Vodafone have come under particular fire as Tyggers make it clear that firms should pay up or lose the public’s good will and custom! We should see shortly how companies react to this bad press. That’s it for this week. Thanks for all your comments-they are being read and heeded! Next update in a week’s time. The TellYouGov team
