It does not seem fruitful to place an emphasis on the name, "statistics"
versus "statistical". At least we have moved well away from the Rayner
doctrine of collecting only information useful or necessary to the
immediate user. Indeed, the morality of modern UK political life appears
to be to get on with your own agenda with a fair disregard for niceties
of demarcation (cf Brown on education, Mandelson on Euro, Blair on
everything).
R. Allan Reese Email: [log in to unmask]
Associate Manager Direct voice: +44 1482 466845
Graduate Research Institute Voice messages: +44 1482 466844
Hull University, Hull HU6 7RX, UK. Fax: +44 1482 466846
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The Prime Minister regrets he cannot take up your offer to address your
organisation, as he does not speak to any "Unions" and the last bunch of
Mothers he spoke to gave him a hard time.
[draft memo retrieved from dustbins near Whitehall, June 2000]
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