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Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Bad news for the BBC/Labour

When inflation was going up along with unemployment the Labour/BBC line was that this was dreadful economic new and showed that the Tories policies weren't working and that economic expansion policies were needed. Now inflation has dropped (yes it is still far too high and this could be just a blip) and unemployment is down as well, how will the BBC report the news.

At the moment the news is reported without comment or spin:
'UK unemployment fell by 17,000 in the three months to the end of February to 2.48 million, official figures show.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the jobless rate among men had fallen, but had risen among women.

Youth unemployment stood at 963,000, with the jobless rate for young people remaining above 20%.

The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance fell by 700 between February and March to 1.45 million, the ONS said.

Total pay rose by 2% compared with a year earlier.

The latest figures mean that the overall rate of unemployment in the UK now stands at 7.8%.'
I wonder how long before a Labour spokesman is quoted counselling caution or some other siren voice of despair is given a platform to criticise?

1 comment:

Daniel said...

I expect they will find a negative spin for it, much like they did yesterday.
R5L was all sound bites from disgruntled northern shoppers.