> The [independent UK Statistics Authority] committee, which oversees the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), determined that Reed’s statements risked “misleading the public”.
> “In brief, we consider that these statements lacked enough transparency about their sources to be verified, and that the broad evidence did not support them,” a letter from committee chair Dame Carol Propper said.
> “Without appropriate discussion of the limitations of some of the more specific figures quoted, they run the risk of misleading the public.”
> Dame Carol said that the “authority expects that ministers take care to avoid using data that is overly selective or missing appropriate context”.
Will there be any repercussions from this? It’s one thing having randoms on social media making context-free and misleading claims but to have senior members of parliament making such claims repeatedly in the House of Commons, as well as in broadcast interviews and online just isn’t on
But he didn’t.
All of us up North like to paint it as a hellhole to keep the southerners from buying holiday homes up here.
Ma water would batter your water so there
Liebour
Didn’t just risk, did.
Should resign.
Take that back ya sweaty baw bag!
There are plenty of water quality measurements happening across the UK.
For example – this ongoing project taking thousands of samples twice a year:
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> The [independent UK Statistics Authority] committee, which oversees the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), determined that Reed’s statements risked “misleading the public”.
> “In brief, we consider that these statements lacked enough transparency about their sources to be verified, and that the broad evidence did not support them,” a letter from committee chair Dame Carol Propper said.
> “Without appropriate discussion of the limitations of some of the more specific figures quoted, they run the risk of misleading the public.”
> Dame Carol said that the “authority expects that ministers take care to avoid using data that is overly selective or missing appropriate context”.
Will there be any repercussions from this? It’s one thing having randoms on social media making context-free and misleading claims but to have senior members of parliament making such claims repeatedly in the House of Commons, as well as in broadcast interviews and online just isn’t on
But he didn’t.
All of us up North like to paint it as a hellhole to keep the southerners from buying holiday homes up here.
Ma water would batter your water so there
Liebour
Didn’t just risk, did.
Should resign.
Take that back ya sweaty baw bag!
There are plenty of water quality measurements happening across the UK.
For example – this ongoing project taking thousands of samples twice a year:
https://earthwatch.org.uk/report/great-uk-waterblitz-spring-report-2025/
This shows England has the worst water quality by far.
As they are sampling the water – they will capturing at all pollution sources- regardless if they are monitored or not.
Meanwhile Windemere is close to ecological death.
Anyone who’s lived in both places would soon put them straight.
No contest on this one – Scotland wins.
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