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If you're a regular listener to the shorter World Service podcast of more or less,

just letting you know that the final item in this program is one you may already have heard. Here's Tim Hathard.

Hello and welcome to a new series of more or less, the show that takes the num out of numbers and the tat out of statistics.

This week, how an 18th century Presbyterian minister might help find a lost passenger aeroplane.

And the statistics behind this great achievement and what came after it.

The tape is broken and so is the record athletes have long been dreaming about.

But at first, then as to nose little about it, he stumbles into the arms of his coach completely exhausted by his magnificent effort.

But first, the parties are shaping up for elections to the European Parliament on the 22nd of May.

And it's good to see the UK Independence Party leading with a bold statistical claim on one of its posters,

much better than an airbrushed photograph of a party leader. That claim is 75% of our laws are now made in Brussels.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's been hitting back. He says the number is 7%.

If the 75% figure sounds familiar to you, you may be a loyal more or less listener.

We looked at it five years ago. When you keep told us that the statistic came from a speech given by hands get perturring,

President of the European Parliament at the time. We listened to that speech so that you didn't have to.

Here's what we said in the summer of 2009.

So, there you are.

I think, actually my German is not very good. Ruth?

Yes. How's your German?

Not so bad. I think my German is the best.

Well, that's lucky. So what did hands get perturring actually say?

Well, no, no, no. I mean, can you translate?

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