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Unemployment Figures, National figures are worst since 1996 |
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Oct 12 2011, 10:02 AM
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QUOTE (Blake @ Oct 12 2011, 09:47 AM) Yes: what a huge thanks to Tony and Gordon for this mess.
And where are they now I ask?
What a miracle worker Gordon Brown was...I thought he had put "an end to boom and bust" He certainly seems to have put a permanent end to boom.
Still, socialism has always been about the destruction of capitalism so I guess we should not be surprised. The benefit culture and WORLDWIDE banking crisis cannot be dropped on Labours feet. They are not the reason for it. Yes, things might be SLIGHTLY different now if they had changed things but we'd still be in a mess even if God was our Prime Minister. They were merely a part of the downfall and not ultimately responsible so I think it's very unfair to continue to talk like a Conservative at election time and blame it all on them.
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Oct 12 2011, 11:28 AM
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QUOTE (James_Trinder @ Oct 12 2011, 12:25 PM) Was literally just about to quote that. Unemployment locally is falling. But hey.. no doubt people from Nebwury will be appearing on Jeremy Kyle sometime soon..
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Oct 12 2011, 12:14 PM
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QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Oct 12 2011, 12:39 PM) "1,810 people (1.8 per cent of the district’s working population) claimed unemployment benefit in September – 28 fewer than in August. Of these, 1,147 were men (2.3 per cent of the working population) and 663 were women (1.4 per cent of the working population)."
Eh?
I didn't do a maths degree, but something's not quite right here. 3332 people are neither male or female.
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Oct 12 2011, 12:53 PM
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QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Oct 12 2011, 12:39 PM) "1,810 people (1.8 per cent of the district’s working population) claimed unemployment benefit in September – 28 fewer than in August. Of these, 1,147 were men (2.3 per cent of the working population) and 663 were women (1.4 per cent of the working population)."
Eh?
I didn't do a maths degree, but something's not quite right here. I did do a maths degree. Assume that the working age population is 100,000 approximately and that it is half male and half female so 50,000 males and 50,000 females in the working population. Then 1.8% of the working age population is about 1,800 people (rounded to the nearest 100), 2.3% of the working age male population is about 1,150 men (rounded to the nearest 50) and 1.4 per cent of the working age female population is about 700 women (rounded to the nearest 100).
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Oct 12 2011, 12:57 PM
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Touche indeed.
Nice maths and clearly explained. If only I could grasp 1+1...
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Oct 12 2011, 01:33 PM
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Oct 12 2011, 01:39 PM
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QUOTE (Blake @ Oct 12 2011, 08:47 AM) Yes: what a huge thanks to Tony and Gordon for this mess.
And where are they now I ask?
What a miracle worker Gordon Brown was...I thought he had put "an end to boom and bust" He certainly seems to have put a permanent end to boom.
Still, socialism has always been about the destruction of capitalism so I guess we should not be surprised. I forgot that Gordon Brown was to blame for Lehman Brothers etc. When Labour left Government, we had some of the strongest economic figures in the world (economy growing, unemployment falling). Yes, we did have tough time during the recession, but surely this data suggests that the current economic policy is wrong? Great news that the situation locally is much more positive.
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Oct 12 2011, 01:56 PM
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I'll say it.
Tony Blair was awesome.
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Oct 12 2011, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE (Richard Garvie @ Oct 12 2011, 02:39 PM) I forgot that Gordon Brown was to blame for Lehman Brothers etc.
When Labour left Government, we had some of the strongest economic figures in the world (economy growing, unemployment falling). Yes, we did have tough time during the recession, but surely this data suggests that the current economic policy is wrong?
Great news that the situation locally is much more positive. I thought that when Labour left office they just left a note saying "sorry - there's no more money". Brown sold off all our gold for way less than the it was worth, robbed our pensions and borrowed more than he let on to anyone. Then lied about it.
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