What percentage of Wales is on Welfare?

[DimPrawn]

It must be around 97% surely?

19% of the working age is on welfare.

I know this because I asked Google:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Wh...NoKC7gawtIH4Bg

http://www.assembly.wales/Research%2...33-English.pdf

And most of those are in South Wales.

[stek]

Is it or am I wrong?

I have no problem with the Welsh or Welsh language or culture, banter is ok but this is a bit OTT surely?

[turbowoowoo]

Is it or am I wrong?

I have no problem with the Welsh or Welsh language or culture, banter is ok but this is a bit OTT surely?

Really?

A 'friend' of mine said its compulsory to have been on Jeremy Kyle at least once before your 18 if youre welsh?

[malvolio]

Really?

A 'friend' of mine said its compulsory to have been on Jeremy Kyle at least once before your 18 if youre welsh?

You are a ffwl sarhaus and fully justify having to pay to go to Wales when it's free to get into England.

Still look on the bright side: you prove that "pob tyn twll sais" is totally accurate.

[EternalOptimist]

Cant we get them fighting the Zulus again ? That was good fun that was and it gets the unemployment figures down.

[original PM]

It is a shame what happened to Wales after the pits closed. It's as though the heart was ripped out.
Wales is really nice as a country.

There are some really struggling places though in mid-Wales and the North West.

It's true however problem was 2 fold

1) It was no longer economically viable
2) Digging rocks out of the ground with your hands is not really something a 1st world country should be doing in the 21st century.

Not even going to go on about miners lung and god knows how many other awful ailments are got from that sort of labour.

Having said all that I love Wales - I live quite near the border near North Wales and spent a large number of cub camps on the fields near St Asaph and in fact just last summer we went for a few days break in Caernarfon and it was lovely.

And so were the people!

[jjdarg]

...and it was lovely.

And so were the people!

Have to say, we found the same...When my family came out over the Summer when I was working in Swansea, we seriously considered relocating. But it seems even more cut off than where we currently are on the south coast, so that put the kibosh on the idea.

It is a real laugh at work, everyone appears to have a wicked sense of humour, and the Welsh are very chatty, which is refreshing compared to where we currently live.

[jjdarg]

We're lulling you into a false sense of security.

Watch out for packets of fava beans & bottles of chianti.

Have to admit, I was a bit suspicious...No one can be that nice all the time.

[d000hg]

most welsh people work at mcdonalds/BK or car wash places

So you're saying true unemployment in Wales is actually quite low, if most of them have jobs?

[DodgyAgent]

Really?

A 'friend' of mine said its compulsory to have been on Jeremy Kyle at least once before your 18 if youre welsh?

Are you getting your retaliation in early before England lose to Wales this weekend?