Telling it how it is

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We wonder what politicians tell voters when the economic prospects are bad. Should it be: "Vote for me, it'll be really bleak" - or just a conspiracy of silence? Steve Evans speaks to The Financial Times' Undercover Economist, Tim Harford, about how politicians sell bad economic news. Plus how are the US parties pitching it? Robert J Samuelson a columnist for the Washington Post and Newsweek explains. And do you use your mobile phone for everything other than speaking to people? If you do, so does our regular commentator Jeremy Wagstaff.