Quote of the Day



"Well I guess if we made news of the non-event originally, then we do have to now make news of the non-event turning out to really have been a non-event."

(Stephanie Flanders, Economics Editor, Radio 4's "PM" programme, 27th June 2013, referring to the published changes to Britain's economic growth statistics which revised away the second dip of the previously reported "double dip" recession.)

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You can hear the full article on BBC iPlayer about 19 minutes into the programme here.

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Comments

Jim said…
When ever I hear or read anything from Stephanie Flanders I am left confused. She is to economics as Polly Toynbee is to news.

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