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Flood defences - are we being told porky pies?
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 16 Feb 2014 15:02 |
Are we being told porky pies about spending on flood defences, I ask that because, according to a note contained in a report on flood defence spending in the House of Commons library, it appears the Prime Minister and his ministers - have been somewhat creative with their announcements about the governments increased spending on flood defences prior to the recent spate of floods, the note reads:- |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 16 Feb 2014 18:41 |
From a friend who works for the EA, cuts in staff weren't 'imminent' - they'd already lost 20 people in her department alone!! |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 16 Feb 2014 18:53 |
Numbers are meaningless unless in genuine context and correctly backed up with hard fact. A good example would be a statement such as "lost 20 people in her department". Now, if there are only 21 people in the department then that is devastating. If, however, there are 2,000 people in the department then it has a somewhat less devastating impact on all concerned. |
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