UK unemployment hits 17-year high: 2.5 million Brits out of a job

Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 23:28 UTC

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The number of unemployed in the UK has hit a 17-year high of more than 2.5 million and pushed the unemployment rate to 8%, official data showed Wednesday. Read full article

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briton
Unemployment, can we really trust the politicians, [no]
nearly 3 million out of work, yet every day thousands of jobs are advertised in the papers, and no one wants them, Tesco it seems is going over seas to recruit hundreds of workers, as they cannot find staff in the UK.
is there something wrong with the system, or people just don’t want the jobs on offer, expect to much perhaps , one man suggested to re introduce apprentices, to train thousands in the skills they will need for the future, the government thinks differently, well, some is telling porkpies, you either bend with the wind, or break your back,
export export export, and export your way out of recession,
will it work, I have no idea, but worth a try perhaps,
just a thought .
Mar 16th, 2011 - 11:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Fido Dido
export export export, and export your way out of recession

export what?
Your manufacturing base is a joke. your banking service is bust, north sea oil production is in decline. Bailing out your banks didn't worked and never will work (Now it's on the balans sheet of the taxpayers, congratulations). Interest rates are close to zero and the UK keeps printing money from thin air. Don't you get it? Your silly nation is in decline. have a nice day.
Mar 17th, 2011 - 12:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Martin_Fierro
More like... broke, fido fido.

What these turnips don't understand is that times change, the methods they employed in the past don't work anymore, they're literally running out of all the resources they stole.

It's not a mystery, they are BROKE.

BROKE, BROKE, BROKE... : P
Mar 17th, 2011 - 08:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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yul
UK Economy is insolvent in technically !
Mar 17th, 2011 - 11:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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mastershakejb
LOL! oooops
Mar 17th, 2011 - 11:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
For a broke country is it not odd that we are richer than you are,
your country has been growing for a few years now, we have been declining for a few, yet we are still twice as rich as you, does this not tell you, just how far behind you are, and still are,
still better broke and rich , rather than poor and poorer
lol 0000ps
Mar 17th, 2011 - 09:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
briton, your country's wealth is linked to its debt. The UK owes foreign lenders about 4 times more than it produces a year. If you can loan 1 million dollars from a bank, then I guess you can call yourself a millionaire. But, depending on the way you handle the loan, you won't be able to sustain your wealth for very long and soon you'll become significantly poorer. That's what's going to happen with the UK if, or when, it defaults its huge, huge, huge private and sovereign debts.
Mar 18th, 2011 - 01:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit86
Meant “If you can borrow”.
Mar 18th, 2011 - 01:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Martin_Fierro
Briton, little foolish boy... we'll have the last laugh, of that I'm sure.

You'll endup with nothing but your stinking Earl Grey.
Mar 18th, 2011 - 03:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Denrich
Nothing unusual, we were the same in the early 90's, boom & bust is a natural economic occurance.

It actually does the population good to engage a little hardship from time to time, it teaches people to live within their means & rely less on the old plastic.
Enjoy your moment Argentina because your next & it will hit you guy's twice as hard. 3 years & we'll be back on track and we'll be laughing at Argentina as usual.
Mar 18th, 2011 - 11:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
Argentina cant afford earl grey.
but the fact remains the uk is richer and always will be, as for debt
every country has debt, even Argentina,, and as I said before, Argentina has been growing for a couple of years now, and what have you done with this wealth,, Britain on the other hand has not been growing, and what have we done, cut backs and more cutbacks, to save money, and you laugh, and that my friends is the difference in calibre between us, and like denrich has just said, we will be back fitter , stronger , richer, and more powerful, and where will Argentina be, laughing laughing and laughing ??and more ?poorer , so please carry on laughing , whilst we grow ,
Mar 18th, 2011 - 01:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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