On 18 March 2010 20:38, Francis Davey <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 March 2010 20:16, Francis Davey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A little while ago I expressed my unhappiness at a Lib Dem poster that >> was considerably less awful than this. Not only are heights simply >> made up, but the *width* of the UKIP box is about double the others >> which means that visually (even without the bold) it has the visual >> impact of double its actual value (which is of course fiddled too). >> >> So, in my book its a downright lie and it would be better for the >> person who put it together to have a millstone tied round their neck >> and be flung into the ocean. I take statistics seriously. >> > > Oh, and the results quoted are for the European elections in 2009 not > the local council elections (in which UKIP did much less well), which > is a classic Lib Dem ploy as we all know, obviously UKIP don't want to > miss a trick.
I had a call from a Lib Dem prospective councillor in my ward asking what he could do for my vote, and I made it very clear that this blatant abuse of bar charts (bad scaling, irrelevant data) was my biggest gripe with the Lib Dems. His response was basically that there's nothing he can do, it's all their agents work, which is not reassuring given that good politicians are people who can get things done. By the way, would Democracy Club be interested in the notes I took of the phone call? Phil _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
