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Why Do Some Newspapers Think That Their Readers Are Idiots?
We all know about Project Fear...so what should we call this one?
Project Great Big lie?
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/692037/EU-exit-house-prices-Owners-country-big-rises-Referendum-UK-property-market-Brexit
When you read the detail of the article, you will realise that it's nonsense.
See if you can spot it.
Project Great Big lie?
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When you read the detail of the article, you will realise that it's nonsense.
See if you can spot it.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Well, for starters it says 'post brexit'. We aren't post brexit. Leeds voted remain by a narrow margin and Liverpool voted remain by 58%, so the statement 'The great Northern cities of Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds – where millions of people voted Leave in June’s referendum to exit the EU – are leading the way.' is very misleading.
Very poor journalism.
Very poor journalism.
Zac-Master hit the nail on the head.
The figures are for the period leading up to the Referendum, not after it. It's chronologically incorrect.
Secondly Manchester (60.4%), Liverpool (58.1%) and Leeds (50.3%) all voted by a majority to Remain and Leave voters across the three cities totalled 357,566.
So how does 357,566 amounts to 'millions'.
Finally - the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ (CML) press release (from which the Express cherry-picked the headline figures) points out, a lot of lending is being driven "more by remortgaging and less by house purchases".
So all in all, chronologically incorrect, geographically incorrect and factually incorrect.
The figures are for the period leading up to the Referendum, not after it. It's chronologically incorrect.
Secondly Manchester (60.4%), Liverpool (58.1%) and Leeds (50.3%) all voted by a majority to Remain and Leave voters across the three cities totalled 357,566.
So how does 357,566 amounts to 'millions'.
Finally - the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ (CML) press release (from which the Express cherry-picked the headline figures) points out, a lot of lending is being driven "more by remortgaging and less by house purchases".
So all in all, chronologically incorrect, geographically incorrect and factually incorrect.
Looked on the ONS site. They only have until May anyway.
http://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/housepriceindex/may2016
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June seems fairly stable, up hardly anything.
http://www.nationwide.co.uk/~/media/MainSite/documents/about/house-price-index/2016/Jun_Q2_2016.pdf
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