Hello and welcome to More or Less.

We're the programme that takes statistical claims out for a spin,

but always gets them back before T.

This week, we ask whether it's true that a humble leg of lamb

is responsible for the same greenhouse gas emissions

as a transatlantic flight.

We look at whether 50% of births in China are delivered through C-section,

and we ask the question everyone has always wanted to know the answer to,

does God hate men?

But first, last week's BBC Question Time

featured this answer from the left-wing journalist and activist, Ash Sakhar.

austerity was not just a bloodless balancing of the books

that was paid for with people's lives.

A hundred and twenty thousand people.

Thanks to the information superhighway,

this clip was put on Twitter and retweeted by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

With a comment, you can't disagree with this.

Well, on More or Less, we love a challenge.

So when loyal listener James Cannings sent us an email, we jumped into action.

I was watching a clip from Question Time on Twitter,

where Ash Sakhar claimed that a hundred and twenty thousand people

have been killed by austerity.

...