I'm sure you've had enough of 'manifestos' (not least as term-inflation now means any list of proposals seems to be a 'manifesto').... but still, here's one that actually would do something to transform the way politics is discussed both at election times & more generally.
The Royal Statistical Society wants to stop pre-release access to statistics by politicians & have training in the use of stats to try to halt their political manipulation.
#Election2024 #statistics
https://rss.org.uk/news-publication/news-publications/2024/general-news/the-rss-launches-its-manifesto-for-the-2024-genera/
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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