As a number of us with a background in statistics or medicine pointed out, there were serious issues with the original AZ trial, both in terms of trial techniques and in some of the claims being prem… (View Post)

Mmm. Has there ever been a public figure (or any of us on PB) who has changed their mind as the result of an enquiry/independent review? My experience is that people who agree with the findings say &… (View Post)

After the Y2K issue passed I did get a letter from a constituent demanding to know why we'd not chosen solutions in Government software to allow for the year 10,000. I sent him a po-faced reply … (View Post)

I agree with Cookie. It's a very common thing which we often see on PB too - people assume that the whole is much like the people they know. Consciously or not, we tend to seek out people who we… (View Post)

I did the same and know several people who did. It's more common than it used to be, as a reaction to Brexit. Leon overstates the case, of course. A realistic view is that the EU leadership have… (View Post)