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Factchecking Pollyanna: More hot air

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Trying to factcheck Polly Toynbee. Because her editor clearly doesn't. Friday, December 15, 2006. There will also be "winners" and "losers", both in terms of regions – for example Alpes Maritimes, Steiermark/Styria, and Friuli-Venezia-Giulia are considerably more vulnerable than Grisons, Valais, and Savoie. Switzerland would suffer the least. This week Douglas Alexander made a resoundingly important environmental announcement on re-regulating buses - but it went hardly reported. Of the links you provide ...

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Factchecking Pollyanna: Putting the poll into Polly

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Trying to factcheck Polly Toynbee. Because her editor clearly doesn't. Tuesday, June 06, 2006. Putting the poll into Polly. The latest Ipsos Mori poll yesterday put the Conservatives 10 points ahead, at 41%; only six months ago they were 10 points behind. And yet, when we look at, oh, I don't know, say the, er,. On the 18 December 2005, in a piece. Tories seize nine-point poll lead. So even in the. How does this happen? Months ago as I count. The poll Polly Toynbee cites today was carried out between 25-...

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Factchecking Pollyanna: Twice as bad

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Trying to factcheck Polly Toynbee. Because her editor clearly doesn't. Thursday, September 07, 2006. Today on Comment is Free, Polly Toynbee writes:. As for these polls, just remember that the same voters who say they don't want Blair to go yet are the ones who give him satisfaction ratings twice as bad as when Mrs Thatcher was toppled. Twice as bad as 71% disapproval? 160; What's that, then, 142% disapproval? Even on your definition, though (and bear in mind that this is not maths in the sense of arithm...

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Factchecking Pollyanna: Doesn't let death get in the way

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Trying to factcheck Polly Toynbee. Because her editor clearly doesn't. Tuesday, November 14, 2006. Doesn't let death get in the way. Occasionally the stage curtain is twitched back to expose the way things are. So true. After claiming a couple of times that City bonuses were £21bn (e.g. on 22 August. And again on 15 September. A claim which I pointed out at the time was erroneous. In today's column we get:. However, it is not all about former errors corrected. She also writes:. She also writes that:.

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Factchecking Pollyanna: Mendacious figures? I'll give you mendacious figures.

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Trying to factcheck Polly Toynbee. Because her editor clearly doesn't. Tuesday, August 22, 2006. I'll give you mendacious figures. This week City dealers' bonuses soared higher than ever, to £21bn, dwarfing the £3.3bn tax take from all their inheritances. No  It's not just city dealers: The ONS said the overall bonus figures cover the vast majority of Britain's companies, include [sic] bonuses to boardroom executives says the, er,. Or about £20bn.  Not £44bn. The casual lumping together of a flow figure ...

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Factchecking Pollyanna: Eh, quality?

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Trying to factcheck Polly Toynbee. Because her editor clearly doesn't. Tuesday, July 04, 2006. Polly Toynbee asks for an:. Open discussion about the danger of infinite inequality escalation. And she probably is looking for something more sophisticated than it's OK, it is by definition finite.  So let's get into the facts.  Polly writes:. 160; This is not fast growth - in fact both figures are in decline from their peak in round about 2000. I also have a little trouble with this statement:. 160; Well, may...

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Factchecking Pollyanna: Polly maths

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Trying to factcheck Polly Toynbee. Because her editor clearly doesn't. Thursday, August 17, 2006. This post is lengthy and detailed, and does not relate to a recent column. Polly Toynbee appeared on Radio 4's. On the 14th July, 2006 ( transcript. So, Lawson says that there has been a rise in CO. Emissions, says that there has been a rise in temperature and that the CO. Emissions have "contributed something to this two thirds of a degree", and he is branded a "climate change denier"? On 3 June, 2003.

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Factchecking Pollyanna: Channelling Lionel Richie, strangely enough

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Trying to factcheck Polly Toynbee. Because her editor clearly doesn't. Tuesday, December 19, 2006. Channelling Lionel Richie, strangely enough. But yesterday Hutton shook a threatening stick at those he regards as social-contract defaulters. He made a good case: one in 10 of those who draw jobseeker's allowance has spent six of the past seven years on benefits. In fact, he talked about 12 per cent according to the, er,. Which is a lot closer to one in eight, and is certainly not one in ten. The prose see...

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Factchecking Pollyanna: Let me count the ways

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Trying to factcheck Polly Toynbee. Because her editor clearly doesn't. Tuesday, July 11, 2006. Let me count the ways. The Audit Commission estimates that £42,000 on effective early interventions in children's lives from birth to adolescence spares £153,000 in incarceration. There are a number of problems with this sentence, and here is a guide to them:. 1) It should actually be estimated, not estimates.  When Polly first wrote about this back in March 2004. It is eerily familiar, isn't it? His older step...

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Factchecking Pollyanna: Stange factoids, indeed

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Trying to factcheck Polly Toynbee. Because her editor clearly doesn't. Tuesday, June 13, 2006. Stange factoids, indeed. The whole sector spends £25bn a year (the state spends £400bn). Actually, at £457bn, it's closer to £500bn (see. Public sector finances, April 2006. 160; pdf link here. 160; Being right to the closest £100bn is quite a low bar for accuracy. Is it the same nostalgic delusion that led John Major to dismantle the railways, forgetting that they would always need taxpayers' cash? Re the 400/...