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THREAD: Is the Govt changing its cherrypicking strategy on child poverty claims?
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
1. What PM wrongly claimed on child poverty in 2019, earning @StatsRegulation rebuke
2. What PM claimed on child poverty at PMQs on 18 Nov 20
In the first statement, the PM used 2010 as a baseline. At the time, relative poverty was rising and absolute poverty was historically weak - we could not see where the 400,000 claim had come from.
An earlier thread on the PM's past claims
In the PMQs claim he talks about the last 10 yrs.
If he means since 2010, he'd be repeating his incorrect claim.
Does he mean the last 10 years for which we have statistics?
That would be starting at 2009/10 - under LAB & well before benefit cuts started to bite from 2012
Let's take a look, first, at the relative child poverty measure
Looking at the last 10 years, child poverty has RISEN by 200,000 (BHC) or 300,000 (BHC)
Can the PM's 400,000 claim be borne out by the absolute child poverty stats? Remember, we normally expect this figure to fall, as society gets richer
No, absolute child poverty fell by 100,000 on both BHC/AHC - a historically weak performance
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
1. What PM wrongly claimed on child poverty in 2019, earning @StatsRegulation rebuke
2. What PM claimed on child poverty at PMQs on 18 Nov 20
In the first statement, the PM used 2010 as a baseline. At the time, relative poverty was rising and absolute poverty was historically weak - we could not see where the 400,000 claim had come from.
An earlier thread on the PM's past claims
THREAD:
— Imran (@imran_1) July 30, 2020
How can PM level up the country if he cannot level with the public about how many children are in poverty?
That's the question we should be asking ourselves after the @StatsRegulation ruled the PM incorrectly used child poverty statistics.
In the PMQs claim he talks about the last 10 yrs.
If he means since 2010, he'd be repeating his incorrect claim.
Does he mean the last 10 years for which we have statistics?
That would be starting at 2009/10 - under LAB & well before benefit cuts started to bite from 2012
Let's take a look, first, at the relative child poverty measure
Looking at the last 10 years, child poverty has RISEN by 200,000 (BHC) or 300,000 (BHC)
Can the PM's 400,000 claim be borne out by the absolute child poverty stats? Remember, we normally expect this figure to fall, as society gets richer
No, absolute child poverty fell by 100,000 on both BHC/AHC - a historically weak performance
Wow, so here we are, 36 hours after the destruction wrought on DC and this thing we call âdemocracyâ... âThe American Experienceâ. Weâve all seen the pictures and heard the gaslighting by a group that has no moral compass. We *have* been here before, and itâs time to get out. 1/
First, some history that some are likely to remember. Does anyone remember The Vandals? Not the band, but the actual tribe of Germanic people who were pushed around Europe when it was the Roman empire. Maybe worth a read: https://t.co/N7zRAeAgq6 2/
As you might imagine, these people werenât the brightest bulbs in the box or one of them would have built an electric car that you actually wanted to drive. Or just simply proclaimed that the earth was not flat and revolved around the sun. 3/
Any student of history will tell you that it repeats itself. We call what happened in DC âdomestic terrorismâ, but when I was a kid, this would have been called âfelony vandalismâ.
Weâve been here before. That link again in case you missed it: https://t.co/N7zRAeAgq6 4/
If youâre like me, youâre pretty pissed off at having wasted 12 years with modern-day Vandals destroying the change we could believe in and almost destroying the entire American experiment. If it werenât for COVID, most still wouldnât notice. But here we are. 5/
First, some history that some are likely to remember. Does anyone remember The Vandals? Not the band, but the actual tribe of Germanic people who were pushed around Europe when it was the Roman empire. Maybe worth a read: https://t.co/N7zRAeAgq6 2/
As you might imagine, these people werenât the brightest bulbs in the box or one of them would have built an electric car that you actually wanted to drive. Or just simply proclaimed that the earth was not flat and revolved around the sun. 3/
Any student of history will tell you that it repeats itself. We call what happened in DC âdomestic terrorismâ, but when I was a kid, this would have been called âfelony vandalismâ.
Weâve been here before. That link again in case you missed it: https://t.co/N7zRAeAgq6 4/
If youâre like me, youâre pretty pissed off at having wasted 12 years with modern-day Vandals destroying the change we could believe in and almost destroying the entire American experiment. If it werenât for COVID, most still wouldnât notice. But here we are. 5/
Hello Toronto! Ford is about to announce new restrictions after we heard from experts about how something has to give to keep hospitals below capacity to provide critical patient care (see buds @jyangstar @katecallen for that). Iâll post here what the changes mean for the city:
These are *current* rules for whole province, including Toronto: https://t.co/xKrVQKwJ2g
It appears we should not expect a full lockdown or curfew. Ford scheduled to speak any minute. Iâll try to make this foolproof but rules are not always clear from initial provincial release
BREAKING: Province now in state of emergency for 28 days. A stay-at-home order is being issued for Thurs. at 12:01AM â everyone must stay home except for essential trips, medical appts. In-person classes in Toronto, several other regions will remain suspended until Feb. 10.
I donât have full details yet on this order, but stay tuned. Ford calls it a âdrasticâ measure. âEveryone must stay home to save lives.â He says enforcement and inspections will increase. Workplace inspectors will have powers to disperse people and issue tickets, he says
There will be enforcement blitzes at box-box stores, Ford says.
These are *current* rules for whole province, including Toronto: https://t.co/xKrVQKwJ2g
It appears we should not expect a full lockdown or curfew. Ford scheduled to speak any minute. Iâll try to make this foolproof but rules are not always clear from initial provincial release
BREAKING: Province now in state of emergency for 28 days. A stay-at-home order is being issued for Thurs. at 12:01AM â everyone must stay home except for essential trips, medical appts. In-person classes in Toronto, several other regions will remain suspended until Feb. 10.
I donât have full details yet on this order, but stay tuned. Ford calls it a âdrasticâ measure. âEveryone must stay home to save lives.â He says enforcement and inspections will increase. Workplace inspectors will have powers to disperse people and issue tickets, he says
There will be enforcement blitzes at box-box stores, Ford says.
I New Year's day spent trying to understand what was at play here led by our friend, .@LLinWood , who was dropping nuggets of information gold. One wondered, What's going on? Can he be trusted? At one point, we even saw this from his
To be clear: I do not support the statements from Attorney Lin Wood. I support the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution.
— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) January 2, 2021
