Introduction
This collection is a collection of seventy stories, each 280 words. They were inspired by the first picture seen on my Twitter feed on a given day.
53. Statistics
"You should take look at this," Jake called from his study.
Suzy put down the pile of linen she was carrying and went into Jake's room. She tutted. "Still on Twitter? Come on, there's work to be done." She wished he'd get on and plant those new shrubs they'd acquired yesterday.
She glanced at his computer screen. Yet another poll. Oh heck, though, that didn't look right. "Can you trust it?"
Jake pointed to a familiar icon in the corner of his screen. "It bona fide, look."
Yes it was. Still only statistics, and everybody knew about them, but even so.
Jake leaned back in his chair. "Well, the man's a fool. Everybody knows that."
Suzy nodded. A fool all right. He could never get his facts right, he muzzed his hair before every interview even when he it was to be on radio and he was chumming up with that other ridiculous buffoon on the other side of the Atlantic. She sighed. "What's even more worrying is that some people think he's doing the right thing. They're even more idiotic than him. I think he knows what he's doing even though he pretends to be stupid."
Jake nodded. "Yes, those figures are worrying."
Suzy looked a little more closely at the chart. 34% trusted him totally, 55% didn't trust him at all and 12% didn't know. How could they not know? At least 55% to 34% was a more respectable majority than the 48% 52% split that had caused all the trouble in the first place.
"A pleasant surprise," said Jake.
"Really? I'm not so sure about the pleasant. But yes, I'm astounded that that many actually trust him."
About the author
Gill James is published by The Red Telephone, Butterfly and Chapeltown.
She edits CafeLit and writes for the online community news magazine: Talking About My Generation.
She teaches Creative Writing and has an MA in Writing for Children and PhD in Creative and Critical Writing.
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