File this under “I Told You So, Part II”
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the unemployment rate also rose to 8.4% from 8.3%, the highest since January 1996.”
The Tories thought that the private sector would open up for all those employees that were cut from the public sector. Guess that’s not going to happen.
Dragonlane Artisan Jewellery 
Now what is it? Are the British mimicking the Americans, or are we mimicking the British? That sounds exactly like what’s going on here.