arithmetic

So the arithmetic is stark, and it’s not on the Democrats’ side.

But the Forest Service is by far the largest employer of wildland firefighters, and it has long used gymnastic arithmetic to paint an optimistic picture of its staffing.

Pressed by reporters after his speech, Bayrou said his proposal was "basic arithmetic".

Eccles hopes that if political arguments haven't persuaded some of her colleagues to come round to her point of view, then arithmetic might.

The arithmetic already takes into account a series of SNP controversies over independence strategy, gender self-identification, a police investigation into party finances, leadership changes and the collapse of a power-sharing deal with the Greens.