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It’s being called a blunder in order to undermine the credibility of the ONS, as given the state of affairs in the U.K., it’s hard to see that this is anything
by madaxe_again 3y ago
It’s being called a blunder in order to undermine the credibility of the ONS, as given the state of affairs in the U.K., it’s hard to see that this is anything other than a result of political pressure - Ian Diamond has some skeletons in his closet (beyond his “overlooking” a few hundred thousand pounds he was overpaid by UoA) that make him a straightforward target for a quid pro quo.
- dash2 3y agoIs anyone calling it a blunder other than The Economist, which has little interest in undermining the ONS (and the article is quite respectful of it)? A simpler explanation would be that "blunder" makes an exciting headline. Have you any evidence to support your explanation?
- madaxe_again 3y agoThe last 13 years, and personally knowing people who have had their arms twisted by the current government. One cowed, one did not. One lives, one does not. This government is all about extortion and information manipulation.
- dash2 3y agoThis is nothing but a long, evasive way to say "no".
- madaxe_again 3y agoIt really isn’t, but I understand that you’re a died-in-the-wool Tory and you won’t see the state criticised. I knew a judge who was pressured to put politics before justice and refused, and he was destroyed for doing so, and a speechwriter for a recent prime minister who was threatened with dire consequences if he leaked a story which would have made said prime minister subject to a criminal investigation (not Johnson!), and decided to stay stumme as a result. But you go on believing that conservatives can do no wrong.