Comments on: 5 times the Tories have misused statistics https://leftfootforward.org/2016/02/5-times-the-tories-have-misused-statistics/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:15:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: John anderson https://leftfootforward.org/2016/02/5-times-the-tories-have-misused-statistics/comment-page-2/#comment-741544 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 19:15:08 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=110267#comment-741544 All parties use statistics in a partial way but we do need to nail some of the gross manipulation of figures by this Government before it becomes accepted as fact and then support .For instance I get frustrated by ministers saying they will increase spending on for example mental health ( or police,or ambulance services et al )without a contrary figure on how much has been taken out of the service by George Osbornes in the last five years.

]]> By: Martin Read https://leftfootforward.org/2016/02/5-times-the-tories-have-misused-statistics/#comment-739320 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:15:36 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=110267#comment-739320 Five times, this many? And they seem such an amicable bunch.

]]> By: Dot Palmer Fry https://leftfootforward.org/2016/02/5-times-the-tories-have-misused-statistics/#comment-739300 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:12:03 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=110267#comment-739300 I wonder if it is possible for your blog to cover more informative factually correct topics from a Labour perspectives than the constant ‘challenging ‘ of what the Conservatives are doing. e.g.. Give us the corrected stats which you are challenging. Otherwise it just looks like bickering.
I am very interested in the views expressed and have been a financial supporter of this website in the past. Thanks

]]> By: Chris Kitcher https://leftfootforward.org/2016/02/5-times-the-tories-have-misused-statistics/#comment-739299 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:11:28 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=110267#comment-739299 This is not the mis-use of statistics but bare faced lying

]]> By: Jackie Holt https://leftfootforward.org/2016/02/5-times-the-tories-have-misused-statistics/#comment-739298 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:11:21 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=110267#comment-739298 Perhaps my favourite misuse of figures is the claim cited by both Cameron and Osborne that they’d secured a 50% rebate from the EU following a particularly embarrassing episode of bluster and lectern thumping in Brussels. It was, of course, simply a lie –

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/07/uk-pays-full-eu-rebate-despite-osborne-claim-he-halved-it

The Tories can blatantly and repeatedly lie to the public because the predominantly right wing press won’t hold them to account on such matters – any other party would be mauled for such behaviour.

]]> By: Gerry Toner https://leftfootforward.org/2016/02/5-times-the-tories-have-misused-statistics/#comment-738977 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:11:34 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=110267#comment-738977 This government has a particular talent for high handedness which combined with the social strata of it members makes listening to them galling and stomach churning. But their misuse of statistics is not a new thing. Blair et al used statistics and other ‘information’ to suit. Westminster is full of these ‘users’ of statistics. I suggest it is a broken record and either sign of naiveté or a competing version of ‘users truth’. The problem with the Tories is that they represent 35% of the population. they are not a majority. They represent partisan interests and deprive citizens of rights and basic needs. If all LFF or NL can say is “we caught you out misusing statistics” then the bourgeois revolution is not over yet and we have more tedium to get through.

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