Oh dear Tony, it’s just not going well for you is it? Yesterday you came in by the back door and jeers at the Brighton conference to address the TUC union delegates (some walked out) Whilst Gordon Brown sashayed down the stairs with his entourage (hangers on) – I see Prescott was close to him!
Today’s news reveals unemployment figures were at a 6 year high rising 93,000 between May and July to 1.7 million, the highest since 2000. Yet Mr Blair announced a drop in August figures early yesterday of 3,950 to the conference before their official release by the Office for National Statistics. Of course your opponents are calling it an ‘irresponsible gaffe’ and rightly so! The ONS are also launching an enquiry into whether Mr Blair had broken protocols.
You’d think with the current Zulu dawn like massive wave of East European immigrant mercenaries coming here the stop gap would be filled. So what is going wrong? Are employers not declaring cheap labour in favour of cash in hand or is there a shortage of unskilled labour to fill the jobs? My guess is probably both but I am shocked to see unemployment rising in months when seasonal work is usually at a high.
Today’s news reveals unemployment figures were at a 6 year high rising 93,000 between May and July to 1.7 million, the highest since 2000. Yet Mr Blair announced a drop in August figures early yesterday of 3,950 to the conference before their official release by the Office for National Statistics. Of course your opponents are calling it an ‘irresponsible gaffe’ and rightly so! The ONS are also launching an enquiry into whether Mr Blair had broken protocols.
You’d think with the current Zulu dawn like massive wave of East European immigrant mercenaries coming here the stop gap would be filled. So what is going wrong? Are employers not declaring cheap labour in favour of cash in hand or is there a shortage of unskilled labour to fill the jobs? My guess is probably both but I am shocked to see unemployment rising in months when seasonal work is usually at a high.
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