So not official figures then. Seemingly not even correct interpretation of the figures.

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Paul "Every county of England, every country of Europe and every (part of every inhabited) continent of the Earth" 94% done! What's left? Central America, East, Central and West Africa, Australia & New Zealand

I guess this depends on whose version of officialdom we depend upon.
As for "correct" interpretation of the figures we are getting an amount of reporting within the UK now about how our own government intends to control their own ministers who don't wish to follow the party line.

Here is some more "official" data:

Export performance has been deteriorating | OECD READ edition


Which is drawn from the extensive library of the OECD:-
Export performance has been deteriorating - Assessment and recommendations - OECD Economic Surveys: United Kingdom 2015 - OECD iLibrary

The Transparency International figure that I cited earlier has used OECD data for their own "interpretations".
Has http://www.transparency.org.uk/ corrupted their own use of published data for their own nefarious purposes??
From their own website:-
"Transparency International UK is a registered charity. We are the UK chapter of the global Transparency International movement. We are financially independent and raise our own income in order to undertake our work. We receive donations and earn income from a number of different sources including statutory bodies, charitable trusts and foundations, the private sector and individuals.
Our views and policy recommendations are based purely on our research, and we will not accept any source of funding where a funder seeks to influence these. We undertake due diligence to ensure that accepting a source of funds will not compromise our independence or that of the wider Transparency International movement."



Ultimately, we all have to make our own interpretations or fall into line with Blair's point of view (the earlier post number 361)

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Dave