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Previously on "Yellow vest gammon faced protestors"
It's probably because this country is doing quite well at the moment compared to the continent.
Unemployment is 4%, compared to nearly 10% in France. Thatcher had it at 12% for a couple of years, got it down to 6% and everyone still pisses their knickers about everyone being out of work in the 80s.
France has needed thatcherite-like reform lfor about 30 years. The last real reform was triggered by the student riots of the late 60s.
"I want to cherry pick a very narrow band of statistical information that fits my narrative, rather than broaden my range of stats to include other statistical information that might indicate that the overall picture isn't quite as black-and-white as I want it to be"
"I don't accept the ratio of working people to non working people as a valid indicator of the economy, but rather base my arguments on the subjective"
"I want to cherry pick a very narrow band of statistical information that fits my narrative, rather than broaden my range of stats to include other statistical information that might indicate that the overall picture isn't quite as black-and-white as I want it to be"
It's probably because this country is doing quite well at the moment compared to the continent.
Unemployment is 4%, compared to nearly 10% in France. Thatcher had it at 12% for a couple of years, got it down to 6% and everyone still pisses their knickers about everyone being out of work in the 80s.
Cool stats. Now do ones that compare underemployment.
It's probably because this country is doing quite well at the moment compared to the continent.
Unemployment is 4%, compared to nearly 10% in France. Thatcher had it at 12% for a couple of years, got it down to 6% and everyone still pisses their knickers about everyone being out of work in the 80s.
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