In Britain, unemployment is reported by the government at 7.2% - but for those aged between 16 and 24, it's hovering around the 20% mark. And that doesn't coun

In Britain, unemployment is reported by the government at 7.2% - but for those aged between 16 and 24, it's hovering around the 20% mark. And that doesn't count people who are studying but can't find work to support themselves while at university; they're counted as "in education" and don't appear on the unemployment figure. One wonders what sort of a rise we'll see this month and next as 600,000 people get dumped off the end of the education conveyor belt into this big bucket of shite. But it's all okay. The "green shoots" are coming. House prices are rising modestly which apparently means we can all start leafing through luxury yacht catalogues again. Now, where's my application form for the minimum-wage job at the new £1 shop...?