Belittle Britain

The very simple message that “Dave” is trying to hammer into the public consciousness is the concept that society is broken. The whole campaign is based on these five points;

1. There are five million people of working age not in work
2. The poorest people in Britain have got poorer under Labour
3. There are more young people not in work or full-time education than ten years ago
4. We have one of the highest rates of family breakdown in Europe
5. Most European countries recognise marriage in their tax system; Britain doesn’t

This is the most despicable - and entirely predictable - scaremongering that the Tories have come out with in recent years, except perhaps perhaps their “immigrants are evil” recitative to which they return every time their polls dip a little.

So - 5m working age people not in work. Well what does the Office for National Statistics say about this? The best figure to use is perhaps the number of jobs as an indication of the health of the working economy.

So according to ONS data - and these stats above start at the beginning of the Major Government, we have more jobs in this country than ever before.

Yes, there should be more Dave, but not broken, and a lot better than any Tory government ever achieved - ever.

I have to go to work now - and play my part in the factual triumph over Dave’s lies - but I shall be back to look at the rest of Dave’s “Broken” Britain. In the meantime Dave, don’t be gloomy - “Let sunshine rule the day!”