Michael Blastland

Michael Blastland is a journalist and radio producer who makes programmes for BBC Radio 4. He is the author of Joe: The Only Boy in the World (Profile, 2007) and co-author (with Andrew Dilnot) of The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers (Profile, 2007)

The numbers game: statistics and politics

The economist John Maynard Keynes said that when the facts changed, he changed his mind. Politicians at loose with statistics are tempted to a different tack: changing the facts. "

By Andrew Dilnot and Michael Blastland

/ 8 Oct 2007