tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1803517311792797629..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Phil Woolas: ‘Who Will Rid Me Of This Troublesome Statistics Body…?’JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-57465218624300338982009-03-05T07:24:00.000+00:002009-03-05T07:24:00.000+00:00It's bizarre isn't it? How could straight forward ...It's bizarre isn't it? How could straight forward facts be so controversial?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-79681413493707645752009-03-04T22:04:00.000+00:002009-03-04T22:04:00.000+00:00Ta for link.I don't even see how the figure is in ...Ta for link.<BR/><BR/>I don't even see how the figure is in any way surprising. If you ask a cross section of people how many people in their area were born abroad, it might range from more or less nil in the Lake District to fifty per cent in inner cities, average that out, you get about one-in-nine.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-5970783705299378172009-03-04T20:09:00.000+00:002009-03-04T20:09:00.000+00:00Since the immigration minister seems very consciou...Since the immigration minister seems very conscious of the fact that most voters in Britain would not be happy to hear how high the number of immigrants is, one might hope he'd consider it part of his job to actually reduce the level of immigration, as opposed to merely hiding it.<BR/><BR/>Since this seems to not be the case, the voters might want to consider electing people who have a better sense of how democracy is supposed to work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-1223339321252269192009-03-04T19:27:00.000+00:002009-03-04T19:27:00.000+00:00"I suggest the ONS publish the number of times thi...<I>"I suggest the ONS publish the number of times this lot have attempted to influence data."</I><BR/><BR/>Now, <I>there's</I> a huge job...! <BR/><BR/><I>"We need better stats not worse."</I><BR/><BR/>'Publish and be damned' indeed!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-167248642865559572009-03-04T18:18:00.000+00:002009-03-04T18:18:00.000+00:00Spot on Julia. The very point of an independent a...Spot on Julia. The very point of an independent agency is that it cannot be bossed around. Woolas has some interesting points about the data itself, but has muddied them with this ridiculous "outrage" at their very publication.<BR/><BR/>We need better stats not worse.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-54907189305738644872009-03-04T17:47:00.000+00:002009-03-04T17:47:00.000+00:00I suggest the ONS publish the number of times this...I suggest the ONS publish the number of times this lot have attempted to influence data.Oldrightiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192587284458430556noreply@blogger.com