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Why Labour’s smear test attack on the coalition just doesn’t stand up

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
  • Post category:Dodgy Statistics
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The coalition is failing women, the number who are overdue smear tests has soared 11% since they came to power, possibly due to the difficulty getting GP appointments. When working…

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Read more about the article Data – it might not mean what you think it means

Data – it might not mean what you think it means

  • Post last modified:October 22, 2024
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It certainly didn’t when it came to the £32 bread. That was actually 11 loaves and cost £2.82. The lesson from this is if it sound ridiculous, it probably is…

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Dodgy Statistics…now with added victim blaming

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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Not to go on about it, not that that ever stopped the Daily Mail…but we’re back with another round of violent girls, that’s the real problem in society today. Harriet Sergeant  seems…

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By escalating, you mean falling, right?

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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Apparently violence by teenage girls is out of control in England and Wales – except it isn’t. The Daily Mail is having one of its periodic rages about how teenage girls are…

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Read more about the article What men really want – to stay at home with the kids supported by their rich wife

What men really want – to stay at home with the kids supported by their rich wife

  • Post last modified:February 2, 2024
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Typically poor reporting from the Daily Mail- I know easy target but this kind of all women are *insert stereotype here* just irritate me (the fact it doesn’t ascribe it all…

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