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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life

Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life

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A fact-check for Boris Johnson

28/04/2017

Fact-checking Boris Johnson

BBC Radio 4 - More or Less, Fact-checking Boris Johnson

Giant bombs, a war hero and the foreign secretary's stats.

Giant bombs, a war hero and the foreign secretary's stats. Also: are three million school kids at risk of going hungry this summer?

The foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, appeared on Today this week, where he fired off a salvo of highly questionable statistics. We examine them. Also in the programme: are three million school kids at risk of going hungry this summer? We put this bold claim to the test. William Sitwell, Lord Woolton's biographer, explains how this working-class boy from Salford became a war hero (and President of the Royal Statistical Society). As the General Election campaign gets underway, we look into claims that education spending is at "record" levels. And just how big is the "mother of all bombs"?

Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Charlotte McDonald.

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