Issue 059 · Wednesday, 2 September 2026
The national statistical office already answered the question everyone is arguing about. It published it on a Monday in July and nobody looked.
4 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt Brazil The office that counts things for Britain answered the question everyone is shouting about. It published on a Monday in July.
- Ines Calderón The survey that could have settled the argument asked 38,637 British businesses a question almost nobody reads
- James Vahid Adoption trebled in under three years. The number of tools each business actually uses went from 1.4 to 1.6.
- Elena Marsh Two official numbers, in the same bulletin, that cannot be put next to each other. The argument is being had as though they can.