Being a gambler, stats and data are bound to figure highly in my daily life, and obviously 84.6% of stats are made up on the spot, but I'm still a sucker for "facts and figures" that make me choke on my muesli, and there were two in yesterday's papers that made me stop and stare.
Apparently the UK accounts for 10% of the entire world spend on chocolate confectionery. Karin, do our nanny-state fat controllers know this - it seems a more compelling figure than 5 a fucking day?
The second set of figures come from the Tory party, so we'll be cautious - however I did see similar statistics last year. The number of students last year who were eligible for free school meals who got 3 As at A-level? 79. I'll repeat that. 79.
A quick internet search suggests c15% of kids are eligible for free school meals. Oh, and Eton alone had 175 pupils getting 3 As. Any New Labourite out there like to set the record straight? Education, education, edufuckingcation.
Be careful where you're born people.
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