I always ask the same question: What is the uncertainty range on the figure? Saying that the economy grew by 0.1% if we only know the size of it (say) +/-2% is nonsense on stilts. (View Post)
Being in government is a reverse of a long con. You take people's money from them for four years, and just as they think they know you, you bung them a wedge when they least expect it. (View Post)