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The weight of numbers – To what extent should we be influenced by the number of responses received and the balance of opinion…?
Last week’s high profile consultation was on gay marriage – or, technically, on equal civil marriage. It sparked a furious controversy with predictable cries of ‘sham consultation’ from opponents, and the Institute itself concluded that aspects of this particular exercise will be a recipe for confusion.
But there was another feature of the consultation that caught the eye.
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