>you have publications like the New Statesman who then exaggerated the transgression by the Telegraph, calling them "Lies, damned lies" Ahh, I think you may ha

>you have publications like the New Statesman who then exaggerated the transgression by the Telegraph, calling them "Lies, damned lies" Ahh, I think you may have completely missed the context there. As the article is about polling, they are referencing the old phrase 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.' that was first popularised by Twain, who attributed it to Disrali. Is a sardonic framing, not an ernest entreaty.