tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post6479647540856657847..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: Unemployment drops to lowest level since April 2008Chris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-22415492591413212272015-11-13T17:37:06.661+00:002015-11-13T17:37:06.661+00:00I am sure that much of the improvement in employme...I am sure that much of the improvement in employment reflects the hard work of the people who have made the effort to find jobs and stay in them, and the businesses who have created those jobs.<br /><br />Governments should never, ever claim the main credit when jobs are created and the economy succeeds - in my opinion the best and most honest politicians would recognise that the best they can possibly hope for is to help, and that they are doing better than most governments if they manage not to get too badly in the way.<br /><br />But if employment is growing as fast as it is in the UK, then the government must at least be managing that !!!<br />Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-72816566215253871192015-11-11T19:50:40.181+00:002015-11-11T19:50:40.181+00:00Yes the employment figures are looking good, but ...Yes the employment figures are looking good, but is that a true reflection of the government?<br /><br />I would still argue that the driving factor has been a fall in the price of oil. So fuel is now more affordable, the fuel that drives the british economy. Have we seen a significant fall in fuel duty, nope, still nothing.<br /><br />The long term economic plan is better than that of the labour government, I will give you that hands down, but is the fact empolyment is raising a direct benefit of that? of that bit I am not so sure (though again I will admit its helping)<br /><br />it seems to me politics is all about black and white, when in reality there are so many shades of grey that affect each and every issue.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.com