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Offline johntaylor49

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Lies, damned Lies and statistics
« on: October 31, 2013, 14:04:22 PM »
Am I the only person who is fed up with being bombarded with nonsensical statistics and half truths such as the housing market has risen by 6%? It hasn't in Manchester for sure!



Offline littlereddevil

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Re: Lies, damned Lies and statistics
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2013, 14:59:28 PM »
More than that in Aberdeen!

Offline KKOB

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Re: Lies, damned Lies and statistics
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2013, 20:32:25 PM »
I get a bit brassed of with " 1 in 2 people.......". In my day it used to be "Half of the population..........."

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Re: Lies, damned Lies and statistics
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2013, 21:28:29 PM »
And in my day half the population we've got now didn't live here.

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Re: Lies, damned Lies and statistics
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2013, 21:32:56 PM »
You've lost me on that one Kevin.

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Re: Lies, damned Lies and statistics
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2013, 21:37:22 PM »
The population has doubled due to immigration perhaps.

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Re: Lies, damned Lies and statistics
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2013, 22:09:39 PM »
If that is what Kevin means then he has some dodgy statistics of his own.   :o

John, I agree.  I'm quickly becoming so disheartened with politics and politicians.  They will tell you anything to get your vote, true or false.  It's very difficult to make an informed voting choice when you can't find out the real facts.   :(

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Re: Lies, damned Lies and statistics
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2013, 22:16:07 PM »
Partly H but we're outgrowing the facilities we've got to cope with the population.
But there again, "in my day" I used to laugh at the old farts i'm turning into.        ;)

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Re: Lies, damned Lies and statistics
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2013, 22:35:42 PM »
Not sure how old you are Kevin but I've just checked and there are only 12 million more people here now than there were 50 years ago...

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Re: Lies, damned Lies and statistics
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2013, 00:03:37 AM »
SuzzPuss.
I made a tongue-in-cheek remark about "in my day".
But while you're just checking can you find out why,
The NHS has a cash crisis.
We're short of GP surgeries.
We're short of school places
We're short of houses.
We're short of funds to look after our elderly.
Ect, Ect
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