I read a report at work the other day which quoted a 71% failure rate for weighing machines. And then it mentioned how many machines had actually been tested.

Seven.

SEVEN.

So working that 71% back, they tested seven machines, five of which failed. Now, 5 out of 7 is still a pretty shocking failure rate, but I’m not going to talk about that. I ( Read more... )

So we have a result. Kind of.

The Tories have won 306 seats out of 650, which is not enough for an overall majority. Labour won 258 seats, and the LibDems 57. The remaining 28 seats are distributed among various nationalist and minor parties, including the Greens' first ever parliamentary seat. One constituency didn't vote yesterday because one of ( Read more... )