Comments on: Labour councillor demands apology over “dodgy” teenage pregnancy stats http://www.councilbust.com/2010/02/15/labour-councillor-demands-apology-over-%e2%80%9cdodgy%e2%80%9d-teenage-pregnancy-stats/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:34:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Accent Chair http://www.councilbust.com/2010/02/15/labour-councillor-demands-apology-over-%e2%80%9cdodgy%e2%80%9d-teenage-pregnancy-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-8489 Accent Chair Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:15:09 +0000 http://councilbust.com/?p=602#comment-8489 ;:~ I am very thankful to this topic because it really gives great information ::. ;:~ I am very thankful to this topic because it really gives great information ::.

]]> By: Chair Pads http://www.councilbust.com/2010/02/15/labour-councillor-demands-apology-over-%e2%80%9cdodgy%e2%80%9d-teenage-pregnancy-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-6663 Chair Pads Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:02:07 +0000 http://councilbust.com/?p=602#comment-6663 pregancy is quite critical and also requires more of your time so that you can monitor your health progress .,* pregancy is quite critical and also requires more of your time so that you can monitor your health progress .,*

]]> By: Maya Bailey http://www.councilbust.com/2010/02/15/labour-councillor-demands-apology-over-%e2%80%9cdodgy%e2%80%9d-teenage-pregnancy-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Maya Bailey Tue, 18 May 2010 16:04:09 +0000 http://councilbust.com/?p=602#comment-449 my sister had a hard time getting pregnant because she has this abnormality in her uterus.`~- my sister had a hard time getting pregnant because she has this abnormality in her uterus.`~-

]]> By: Chris Black http://www.councilbust.com/2010/02/15/labour-councillor-demands-apology-over-%e2%80%9cdodgy%e2%80%9d-teenage-pregnancy-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Chris Black Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:29:34 +0000 http://councilbust.com/?p=602#comment-92 Ok, so the Conservatives who wrote this, are presumably the Conservatives who are most interested in social policy. Yet they allow phoney figures to go through that state a pregancy rate of 54 percent in the most deprived areas and 19 percent in the least deprived areas. Don't these people have any clue at all ? Don't ANY of them have any teenage children, or know any families with teenage children, or have any thought that these figures are wildly out? By comparison, imagine if the Conservatives transport specialists approved a document that said that average traffic speeds were about 300 mph in urban areas, or 700 mph on motorways. It's exactly the same magnitude of mistake. Ok, so the Conservatives who wrote this, are presumably the Conservatives who are most interested in social policy. Yet they allow phoney figures to go through that state a pregancy rate of 54 percent in the most deprived areas and 19 percent in the least deprived areas.
Don’t these people have any clue at all ? Don’t ANY of them have any teenage children, or know any families with teenage children, or have any thought that these figures are wildly out?

By comparison, imagine if the Conservatives transport specialists approved a document that said that average traffic speeds were about 300 mph in urban areas, or 700 mph on motorways. It’s exactly the same magnitude of mistake.

]]> By: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics « A Tory Pier’s Blog http://www.councilbust.com/2010/02/15/labour-councillor-demands-apology-over-%e2%80%9cdodgy%e2%80%9d-teenage-pregnancy-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics « A Tory Pier’s Blog Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:41:45 +0000 http://councilbust.com/?p=602#comment-91 [...] Ian Gilbert, over on CouncilBust, has even gone as far as demanding an apology from the two Southend MPs, James Duddridge and David [...] [...] Ian Gilbert, over on CouncilBust, has even gone as far as demanding an apology from the two Southend MPs, James Duddridge and David [...]

]]> By: Steve http://www.councilbust.com/2010/02/15/labour-councillor-demands-apology-over-%e2%80%9cdodgy%e2%80%9d-teenage-pregnancy-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Steve Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:50:46 +0000 http://councilbust.com/?p=602#comment-90 I wouldn't worry Martin, Cllr Gilbert's only doing what he's been told to do: http://www.easternlabour.org/east-of-england-labour-call-on-tories-to-come-clean-over-dodgy-c I wouldn’t worry Martin, Cllr Gilbert’s only doing what he’s been told to do:

http://www.easternlabour.org/east-of-england-labour-call-on-tories-to-come-clean-over-dodgy-c

]]> By: Ian Gilbert http://www.councilbust.com/2010/02/15/labour-councillor-demands-apology-over-%e2%80%9cdodgy%e2%80%9d-teenage-pregnancy-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Ian Gilbert Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:38:46 +0000 http://councilbust.com/?p=602#comment-89 No Martin - somebody in the Conservative Party sat down and wrote a report at claimed specifically, explicitly and several times over that over half of teenagers in deprived areas fall pregnant. For example, page 12 it says "In the most deprived areas, 54 per cent are likely to fall pregnant before the age of 18" You will also find the same statistic quoted on other pages. It is not just a decimal point in the wrong place. At best this shows that the Conservatives are so eager to believe the worst of people that they don't even notice glaring errors in what they claim to be a comprehensive and important document. No Martin – somebody in the Conservative Party sat down and wrote a report at claimed specifically, explicitly and several times over that over half of teenagers in deprived areas fall pregnant. For example, page 12 it says

“In the most deprived areas, 54 per cent are likely to fall pregnant before the age of 18″

You will also find the same statistic quoted on other pages. It is not just a decimal point in the wrong place.

At best this shows that the Conservatives are so eager to believe the worst of people that they don’t even notice glaring errors in what they claim to be a comprehensive and important document.

]]> By: Martin http://www.councilbust.com/2010/02/15/labour-councillor-demands-apology-over-%e2%80%9cdodgy%e2%80%9d-teenage-pregnancy-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Martin Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:55:13 +0000 http://councilbust.com/?p=602#comment-88 Its only a decimal point: ratio remains the same. Leave off it Mr Gilbert! Its only a decimal point: ratio remains the same. Leave off it Mr Gilbert!

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