Some newspapers today ran a “survey” showing that we get too little sleep – just six hours seven minutes a night.

 A survey by YouGov, commissioned by the Optimum Population Trust ,  provides a brilliant example of how a less than totally neutral survey and poor reporting deliver quite a story.

The rise of the British National Party has been attributed in part to claims that immigants are getting favourable access to social housing. The Equality and Human Rights Commission set out to investigate the claims, and concluded that they are a myth.