Betcha bottom dollar most are ex-unionists or typical pommy blue-collar, who whinged themselves out of jobs asking for more pay and less work.
British unemployment hits 2.52m
BRITISH unemployment has risen for the third month in a row, official data showed, while total pay growth sank to its lowest level in four years.
The number of unemployed people climbed by 15,000 to reach 2.52 million in the three months to the end of March, compared with the three months to the end of December.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) added in a statement that Britain's unemployment rate stood at 7.8 per cent in the same period.
That was up 0.1 percentage points from the three months to December, but down 0.1 percentage points compared with the three months to February. Expectations had been for a rate of 8.0 per cent, Dow Jones Newswires said.
In comparison, Britain's annual inflation rate stood at 2.8 per cent in March -- which means the increase in workers' wages failed to keep pace with rising price levels.
British unemployment hits 2.52m
BRITISH unemployment has risen for the third month in a row, official data showed, while total pay growth sank to its lowest level in four years.
The number of unemployed people climbed by 15,000 to reach 2.52 million in the three months to the end of March, compared with the three months to the end of December.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) added in a statement that Britain's unemployment rate stood at 7.8 per cent in the same period.
That was up 0.1 percentage points from the three months to December, but down 0.1 percentage points compared with the three months to February. Expectations had been for a rate of 8.0 per cent, Dow Jones Newswires said.
In comparison, Britain's annual inflation rate stood at 2.8 per cent in March -- which means the increase in workers' wages failed to keep pace with rising price levels.
Oh my God, more Thatcher refugees? 
