I too am unimpressed by New Labour's vest-pocket Bolsheviks (tho'
actually of course they are really Stalinists, a.k.a. Fabians with state
power).
On the other hand, while one certainly does not want the ONS to amend
its schedule so as to be "sensitive" to opinion, public or otherwise,
one also wouldn't want it to do so based on its own view of what is
topical.
So some info. about the schedule (if any -- for all I know, this may be
a red herring) would be relevant.
Dr Julian Wells
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Subject: Re: [RADSTATS] Govt vs ONS again
I am unimpressed by these attacks by Phil Woolas and Sunder Katwala.
It is not the job of the ONS to be sensitive to public opinion on
political
matters.
Imagine how such sensitivity could become part of government policy.
Ray Thomas
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