He got Downing Street “the result” quickly and efficiently - Mandelson as ambassador. He also played it by the book and will now probably get a massive payout because he was the only scapegoat availa… (View Post)

That’s one way to deal with low birth rates. (View Post)

I don’t think that’s true. AFAIK, vetting for the military etc is often about ensuring people are honest about past drug use, prostitutes, gambling, sexuality etc so as to avoid blackmail and conflic… (View Post)

Different denominators. First two is entire working age population, unemployment is just labour force (excludes the inactive). I think you need to use them as a set because they each reveal and conce… (View Post)

Employment rate, when Labour got in v now: 74.7 v 75 Inactivity rate: 21.9 v 21 Unemployment: 4.2 v 4.9 Small moments but something interesting going on there. (View Post)