The Use and Abuse of Risk Ratios

If you ever see a newspaper headline claiming that Activity X increases the chances of Bad Thing happenning to you by 50% (or whatever), chances are it is based on risk (or incident rate) ratios.

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An Email From My MP

This is just a short post to say that I have received a response from Jim Dowd, my MP, regarding the email sent to David Cameron regarding his comments about the riots.

Calling The Prime Minister On His Riot Claims

I haven’t said much about the riots here, mainly because I thought I would just be commenting on other people’s comments and not really adding anything. However, David Cameron’s reported comments really got my goat so I emailed him the following:

Bio-Synergy Complaint Take 2

The Original Version of the Ad

I received a reply to my complaint re the Bio-Synergy Skinny Mousse web advert. It would appear that somebody has set the Ministry of Truth onto the offending ad:

Nailing Jelly To The Wall

I have had a response to my most recent email to Tesco regarding the claims made for Bio-Synergy’s skinny mousse. Trying to discuss this with Customer Services is about as successful as trying to nail jelly to the wall.