Cras wrote:
Unemployment was higher under both the mid-80s government under Labour and the mid-90s government under the Tories than it was in 2008-10 and the aftermath.
... Seriously?
Take a look at this.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/unem ... ps-below-7The number of people working in the UK fell by almost 1,000,000 people between 2008 and 2009. If you reckon that's no big deal then there's not much I can say, but pretty hard luck on a great many hardworking people trying to support their families, keep their houses and roof over heads.
Interesting also to note that the total number of people working in the UK has rocketed from c.28,700,000 in 2009 and 2010, to 32,100,000 now -
an increase of three and a half million people. Still, it's all ratshit after 7 years, it's all zero hours etc etc
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlab ... ket/latest(Also please note Labour were not in power at any time in the 80s, nor indeed for most of the 90s)