In the early 1980s, the media told me I was living in a dying country. Wikipedia relates that:
"...Inflation was about 10% and some 1.5 million people were unemployed, compared to some 1 million in 1974,
580,000 in 1970 and just over 300,000 in 1964..."
I managed to get a job where my father worked -a newspaper company, and with my ear closer to the drumbeats
of communication would ensure that I'd be able to gauge the destruction of the place I was born. The UK slowly
got back on its feet and unemployment became a word that faded away from the mainstream media's lexicon.
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April 2023.
UK Parliament Library:
"The unadjusted claimant count was 1.57 million in April 2023, which was 46,700 more than the month before and
342,000 more than in March 2020. Following the start of the pandemic, the claimant count more than doubled
while the rise in unemployment was much smaller...'
Jan 2023.
The Guardian:
"Unemployment in the UK could be three times higher than shown by official government figures, according to
a report exposing a stark north-south divide in the number of people out of work because of long-term sickness..."
"...The study found that more than 3 million people are missing from the headline unemployment rate because
they report themselves as economically inactive to government labour force surveys..."
"...Almost 9 million people in the UK are classified as “economically inactive” in official labour market estimates,
including students, adults with caring responsibilities, people in retirement, and those experiencing ill health..."
If the sky was falling in because of a percentage of a nation was out of work forty years-ago, how can it be that
same country that is accused of not breeding have the same amount unemployed and the media fail to renew
their panic narrative?!
Words and the arrangement of them have created a false reality and the annoying dilemma of the Press is that
when an alternative reality begins to erode, they must mould the narrative with a positive tone to calm those
with memories.
"...Inflation was about 10% and some 1.5 million people were unemployed, compared to some 1 million in 1974,
580,000 in 1970 and just over 300,000 in 1964..."
I managed to get a job where my father worked -a newspaper company, and with my ear closer to the drumbeats
of communication would ensure that I'd be able to gauge the destruction of the place I was born. The UK slowly
got back on its feet and unemployment became a word that faded away from the mainstream media's lexicon.
.........................................................
April 2023.
UK Parliament Library:
"The unadjusted claimant count was 1.57 million in April 2023, which was 46,700 more than the month before and
342,000 more than in March 2020. Following the start of the pandemic, the claimant count more than doubled
while the rise in unemployment was much smaller...'
Jan 2023.
The Guardian:
"Unemployment in the UK could be three times higher than shown by official government figures, according to
a report exposing a stark north-south divide in the number of people out of work because of long-term sickness..."
"...The study found that more than 3 million people are missing from the headline unemployment rate because
they report themselves as economically inactive to government labour force surveys..."
"...Almost 9 million people in the UK are classified as “economically inactive” in official labour market estimates,
including students, adults with caring responsibilities, people in retirement, and those experiencing ill health..."
If the sky was falling in because of a percentage of a nation was out of work forty years-ago, how can it be that
same country that is accused of not breeding have the same amount unemployed and the media fail to renew
their panic narrative?!
Words and the arrangement of them have created a false reality and the annoying dilemma of the Press is that
when an alternative reality begins to erode, they must mould the narrative with a positive tone to calm those
with memories.
Read The TV Guide, yer' don't need a TV.