Now you see it - now you don't

[Flosshilde]

The generous Mr Cameron will reduce the number of people in fuel poverty by 800,000 at a stroke. Not by doing anything about fuel prices, or increasing benefits, or doing anything positive, but by redefining the fuel poverty indicator. A similar conjuring trick to that performed by Maggie when she reduced unemployment figures.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/800000-people-lifted-out-offuel-poverty--by-redefining-it-8976232.html

[ahinton]

The generous Mr Cameron will reduce the number of people in fuel poverty by 800,000 at a stroke. Not by doing anything about fuel prices, or increasing benefits, or doing anything positive, but by redefining the fuel poverty indicator. A similar conjuring trick to that performed by Maggie when she reduced unemployment figures.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...t-8976232.html

I hadn't realised that he was about to suffer a stroke.

[Serial_Apologist]

I hadn't realised that he was about to suffer a stroke.

Nine strokes - of the cat, if I had my way...<grr>