Unemployment up

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The number of contracts is also up, so WGAS if unemployment is up.



You have never had it so good (well not since 1999/2001 anyway). Fill yer boots!

[ChimpMaster]

Quite clearly what we need is a massive core of unemployed poor people to drag the prices of everything down...sorta like wot they have in Singapore

Mailman

We do have that here -- they're called immigrants. But instead of bringing prices down, they get full funding from the Gov and also work "on the side", so have plenty of money to push prices up. Hence the rising inflation.

[Mailman]

Quite clearly what we need is a massive core of unemployed poor people to drag the prices of everything down...sorta like wot they have in Singapore

Mailman

[Andyw]

BBC Link

However, yesterday the PM let slip it would be going down.

Telegraph link

So we are left with.

a) Blair lied when he let slip
b) He doesn’t read his briefing notes properly
c) He forgot what the real number was
d) His briefing was wrong
e) The figures released today were changed to get him off the hook for letting them out early.

A)

[CaribbeanPirate]

BBC Link

However, yesterday the PM let slip it would be going down.

Telegraph link

So we are left with.

a) Blair lied when he let slip
b) He doesn’t read his briefing notes properly
c) He forgot what the real number was
d) His briefing was wrong
e) The figures released today were changed to get him off the hook for letting them out early.