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This has been a bad year for bad news. Last weeks disappointment
stanley water bottle was laser-targeted at those of us who spend our days analysing the likes of GDP and unemplo
stanley bottles yment figures: apparently, no one believes a word of it. So says new research supported by the very people producing the nations statistics the imaginatively named Office for National Statistics . Having surveyed the public, the authors conclude that they have a pretty loose understanding of t
stanley cup he economic statistics thrown at them. Worse, they dont trust them. Less than half could define GDP and many believe unemployment and inflation are higher than official figures show.This comes hard on the heels of the data fail that saw 16,000 positive Covid test results drop off the bottom of an Excel spreadsheet, meaning thousands more people at risk of infection were not contacted.So, its not going well for number crunchers but there are some silver linings. That spreadsheet error was exploited by economists to measure the impact of contact tracing. They conclude that it reduces infections and saves lives , thus, they also conclude, the mistake may have contributed towards 1,500 deaths .Maybe there are upsides for us wonks if people dont get economic stats. Its a gentle nudge to us to communicate more clearly and, even if its not great that the public doesnt get important economic concepts, at least no one is coming for our jobs. Competition, after all, is a very dangerous thing. Hzci Wales to go into national two-week firebreak Covid lockdown
David Cameron is heading for a fresh clash on Europe after the continent s human rights watchdog expressed unease about Britain s plans to impose a time limit on legal cases.As the prime minister accused the European court of human rights of having a corrosive effect on people s support for civil liberties, the head of the Council of Europe criticised British plans to streamline its work.Britain is proposing a sunset
stanley kubek clause which would lead to cases being automatically struck off after a set period, between one to two years, if they remain unresolved.Thorbj酶rn Jagland, the secretary general of the Council of Europe, told the Guardian: If individuals do not have the right to
stanley quencher go to the court then the cour
stanley usa t loses its power in the member states. His remarks came after Cameron highlighted British unease over the workings of the ECHR in a carefully calibrated speech to the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Britain wants to use its six-month presidency of the council, which ends in May, to reform the work of the court so that it focuses on serious abuses of human rights in some of its 47 member states such as Russia and Ukraine.The prime minister criticised the court s decision to block the deportation of the Islamic cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan. We do have a real problem when it comes to foreign nationals who threaten our security, Cameron told assembly, which drafted the European Convention of H
