Britain in Numbers by Simon Briscoe
There are lies, damned lies, and statistics - and then there are the uses to which politicians put those statistics...First book of its kind Endlessly fascinating, often controversial, always revealing Accessible and non-technical Arranged by theme: immigration, law and order, the economy, taxation, housing, public spending, etc. etc. Statistics are the most volatile ammunition in the political armoury. One party's increase can be spun by the other side as a decrease, statistical goalposts are regularly moved as methods of calculation shift, and figures are viewed through a distorting lens. Replete with charts, tables and graphs but written in a highly explanatory and accessible manner, Britain in Numbers: The Essential Political Statistics delivers just the "independent, trustworthy data" needed by all who would be properly involved about the political and social landscape of Britain.
Several government departments have been acting in a way that undermines trust in official data, according to highly critical report by the official statistics watchdogThe annual report of the Statistics Commission... detailed a wide range of problems with official figures, and said the government had not done enough to deliver independent, trustworthy data. Simon Briscoe, Financial Times, July 2004
Simon Briscoe has been Statistics Editor of the Financial Times since 1999. Before that he worked as an economist in investment banking, and before that as a civil servant in the Treasury, the Office for National Statistics, and the European Commission in Brussels.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842751305 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842751301 |
| Title | Britain in Numbers |
| Author | Simon Briscoe |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Methuen Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-04-25 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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