"British jobs for British workers"?

It appears that Gordon's proud boasts on record employment are a little exaggerated.

"The House of Commons Library compiled the data from the Government's Labour Force Survey for James Clappison, a Tory member of the Commons Home Affairs Committee...

In 2003, there were 24,473,000 British-born UK residents in recognised employment. In 2004, Britain granted unlimited access to workers from 10 new European Union states.

Employment registration data show that more than 600,000 new Europeans have found work here since.

During 2007, the number of British-born people in work was 23,948,000 - down 525,000."


Oh Gordon, today this is a story on an inside page of the Daily Telegraph - what if the News of the World were to go big on it tomorrow?