The Public Said To Be Losing Confidence In The Unemployment Statistics

There is a lot of talk going on about the Unemployment Statistics. 

Real unemployment is being claimed as more than four times the official figures. Around 21.5% of all working-age people (defined as ages 16 to 64) are without jobs, or 8.83 million people, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The Tories are very quiet about how well it is going. That is rather odd? We are told we are at full employment, yet anyone who tries to get a job soon learns how hard it is?

The narrative just does not fit?

'Are, you might say; these statistics are compiled to international standards'. Could it be that everyone else in the European Union, and governments internationally all have the same agenda...that is, to hide from their citizens the true state of employment in the developed world? 

The Tories want people to think the unemployed are workshy so they can cut welfare, even more than the third they are doing already. 

The Rt Hon Damian Green MP the Work & Pensions Minister has certainly kept a low profile compared to Iain Duncan Smith. 

We think that the ONS could add some clarity to this issue? Who sets these 'international standards' and why are the public being fed a totally unrealistic picture of the job market? Or are they? 

As we say here at the ABC, ‘90% of people are not sure if they believe in statistics, the other 10% don’t know’ (boom, boom).  

What do you think about the Unemployment statistics? 

Perhaps Mr Clegg can shed more light on the situation? 

Image: Richard Clegg, ONS statistician 

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