http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/budget/5213280/UK-GDP-numbers-trample-all-over-Alistair-Darlings-hope-for-green-shoots.html

yesterdays figure by Darling was 3.5 for the year ......... i make that nearly 8% for the year ..... bugger

There is something embedded into politicians' psyches that makes them think spin can solve any issue.

They need to learn, quickly, that these numbers are not statistics - theyre just lies.