Britain in Numbers: The Essential Statistics - Softcover

Briscoe, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842751301 ISBN 13: 9781842751305

Publisher: Politico's Publishing Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics - and then there are the uses to which politicians put those statistics...First book of its kind Endlessly fascinating, often controversial, always revealing Accessible and non-technical Arranged by theme: immigration, law and order, the economy, taxation, housing, public spending, etc. etc. Statistics are the most volatile ammunition in the political armoury. One party's increase can be spun by the other side as a decrease, statistical goalposts are regularly moved as methods of calculation shift, and figures are viewed through a distorting lens. Replete with charts, tables and graphs but written in a highly explanatory and accessible manner, Britain in Numbers: The Essential Political Statistics delivers just the "independent, trustworthy data" needed by all who would be properly involved about the political and social landscape of Britain.

About this title

About the Author

Simon Briscoe has been Statistics Editor of the Financial Times since 1999. Before that he worked as an economist in investment banking, and before that as a civil servant in the Treasury, the Office for National Statistics, and the European Commission in Brussels.

Edition details

• Publisher: Politico's Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1842751301
• ISBN 13: 9781842751305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256