Another Economic Success for Brown

[Iain H]

The Unemployment figures today show 2.5m on the dole, but a staggering 8.1m that are economically inactive. This includes those that have given up looking for work. How many have given up looking for work because the benefits they are getting are too good?? How high should that unemployment figure be?? Nearer 7m I guess!

[Iain H]

What is amazing me is why Cameron isn't hammering Brown on this, 10m people out of work!!! It never makes the headlines because 8m are hidden away in another statistic. I am begining to dispair at the Conservatives, how they aren't out of sight by now is beyond me. Another 5 years of Brown could be a very real possibility, even at 3rd in the polls the BBC seat calculator says he will get back in.

May 7th could be a dark day in the UK.

God I have depressed myself now!!

[Iain H]

Fittster said:

Iain H said:

What is amazing me is why Cameron isn't hammering Brown on this, 10m people out of work!!! It never makes the headlines because 8m are hidden away in another statistic.

What exactly would you like Cameron to say?

Brown keeps telling us about all the jobs that have been created in the last 13 years, mostly Public Sector non jobs admitedly. Surely Cameron should be mentioning the small matter of 10m out of work, the highest it has probably ever been?? Just a thought. Surely there is political capital to be made from this?

[Iain H]

Fair point. Hopefully he will ram it home in THursdays debate.

[Iain H]

I know, I thought tonights was the economy until I heard on the radio yesterday that it was the Foreign Policy one.