A new form of statistical abuse has, these last few weeks, reared its ugly head. This may be dubbed the “false tipping point.”

Opinion polls make powerful news. In a democracy, weight is given to the views of the people.

On 23 November The Guardian published a political poll showing that Labour was ahead as Ed Miliband returned from paternity leav

My first two papers of the day are the Racing Post, where the facts are invariably right and The Guardian

Statistical abuse is not confined to government, advertisers, companies and advertisers. Lobbyists, including lobbyists in good causes, can do it too.

“82% of people with digestive discomfort said they felt better after eating Activia,”says a recent poster for the probiotic. So if you have tum trouble should you get down the shops and buy it?

The British North-American Committee sounds a solid enough organisation and its document “The need for transparency in public sector pensions&rdqu