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Old 04-09-2019, 20:58   #1800
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Re: PM Boris forms a government

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Originally Posted by Carth View Post
nope, not what I suggested either.

Feel free to keep guessing though
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Originally Posted by Carth View Post
Given the way they calculate how many (few) hours a week you need to work in order to qualify as 'employed', I doubt very much that the unemployment figures will rise to anything that comes remotely near 7% . . . unless they decide to move the goalposts again for . . . reasons


oh, and two words to note in one of the quotes above are: MAY and PEAK . . . which actually leaves a big area below that
So what else is the highlighted bit referring to? Especially the at the end. You are clearly suggesting that the unemployment figures won't rise to "remotely near 7%", because the figures will be fiddled(ie " they decide to move the goalposts").
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