when i was a labour councillor in a tory authority, we gravely had to consider a Young People's Crime Strategy document on the grounds that 21% of all crime in the borough was committed by people under 25. I suggested that we surely needed an Older People's Crime Strategy if people over 25 were committing 79% of the crime
My point was ignored by the tories and by my labour colleagues Alex Hilton On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:23 PM, 'Dragon' Dave McKee <[email protected]>wrote: > >> PS: My favourite little trick is to look at the reverse of any quoted > >> percentage of people. "75% of people are against the death penalty." > >> ... wow, I didn't realise 25% are for it! > >> > > > > That is made up. > Yes. The numbers were made up, and were intended purely to highlight a > statistical method. See 'caveats' > >> [caveats: ... numbers are made up ...] > > > It's a sad fact that a majority usually say they're in favour of the > death penalty. > From an - admittedly brief - Google search, that might not be true any > more; it appears that support has been waning in this country and may > no longer be in the majority. > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1506834/Less-than-50pc-back-death-penalty.html > > But, having said that, I understand the intent of your post and agree > with the principle behind your comments. I will be less quick to pick > numbers out of mid-air next time when I think it doesn't matter. > > Dave. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >
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