Lies

Wednesday, February 1. 2006

Just the other day I was commenting that the Home Secretary, Mr. Clarke, must be astoundingly stupid. Apparently, he needs a panel of experts to look at why the public don't believe the Home Office's crime statistics, despite the fact that it's blindingly obvious that the Home Office is doing everything it possibly can to "reduce" crime by playing with the numbers.

When you combine that with the fact that we learn today that the Home Office is completely incapable of keeping their accounts in order, you have to wonder how much time and money Mr. Clarke will be wasting with his panel, when the answer is staring him in the face. If only he'd open his eyes and look.

Posted by Andrew Hill in Personal at 09:08 | Comments (0) | Trackback (1)

Trackbacks

Trackback specific URI for this entry

It's a science, you know
In the same day as The Times reports on a row over potential spin by the Home Office when reporting statistics (again), I notice this gem:Although The Times survey is not representative, it is a significant attempt to gauge the views of a large number o

Weblog: fornax.net
Tracked: Feb 08, 22:45

Comments

Display comments as (Linear | Threaded)

No comments

Add Comment

Name
Email
Homepage
In reply to
Comment	Standard emoticons like :-) and ;-) are converted to images. To prevent automated Bots from commentspamming, please enter the string you see in the image below in the appropriate input box. Your comment will only be submitted if the strings match. Please ensure that your browser supports and accepts cookies, or your comment cannot be verified correctly. Enter the string from the spam-prevention image above:
	Remember Information?
Submitted comments will be subject to moderation before being displayed.