jamesdoyle

I've come seriously close to dying three times. Leaving out the capsizing a canoe quite a way out in the Channel, which involved a lot of panic, the other two - oxygen starvation in one and a seizure… (View Post)

See my post above. (View Post)

Sadly, yes. It's one of the lessons hammered home on More or Less: if a figure is quoted, stop and think if it makes sense before accepting it. If it sounds weird, then check. Sometimes it turns out … (View Post)

It's WRONG. I downloaded th e ONS data set, and it's 1.7%. THe link is in my earlier post at 12:23. I think they've mistyped a digit. (View Post)

Birmingham Somalis: yes, the 11.3% is out by a factor of 10. Downloaded the data from here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/ethnicity/datasets/somalipopulationsby… (View Post)