How easy would it be for a referee to fix the result of a football match, as the (former) Chairman of the Football Association and of England’s 2018 bid, Lord Triesman, has alleged?

Many people have pored over the election result, trying to suck meaning from its indeterminate outcome.

Gordon Brown’s in favour. So is the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru, and other parties.

The BBC’s coverage of the General Election in Wales has triggered an angry response from the Mayor of Caernarfon, Councillor Hywel Roberts.

Of all the magnificent sleights of hand attributed to statistical science, few come close to matching the formula by which NHS funds are allocated to primary care trusts (PCTs).

Pensioners are a favourite group at election-time, some might say for cynical reasons.

Much anxiety has been caused by the publication over the past decade of hospital mortality ratios.

As the party leaders prepare for their final election debate, Straight Statistics and Sense about Science today publish a guide for the perplexed.

One issue in this election seems to hark back to 1997: school class sizes. Then it was one of Labour’s key manifesto pledges to cut class sizes to less than 30 for all five, six and

Immigration has emerged as one of the major themes of the election, and one of the few where there are clear dividing lines between the parties.