Newsbot Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 The number of passengers travelling through Douglas harbour increases during 2007, figures show. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7205250.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanxfella Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Hang on. Figures went up every month in the year of 2007. So more people came here in December 2007 than they did for TT week in June. My arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triskelion Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 More fantastic reporting from the people at the BBC I guess it means compared to that month the previous year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanxfella Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 More fantastic reporting from the people at the BBC I guess it means compared to that month the previous year So do I but I just loved the BBC's take on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 It probably is an accurate representation of some PR bullshit that the Racket expects to fool us with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triskelion Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 It probably is an accurate representation of some PR bullshit that the Racket expects to fool us with The numbers of passengers coming through Douglas Harbour are available on the Government's Harbours Division website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Passenger numbers for weekend ferry sailings to Birkenhead rose by 27%. Ermmm.... compared to what, exactly? The number of passengers who sailed to Liverpool; or the total number of passengers who sailed to Heysham plus the number of passengers who sailed to Liverpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 "Passenger numbers for weekend ferry sailings to Birkenhead rose by 27%. " Surely they rose by 100% over sailings to Birkenhead in the same month last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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