Philip Hammond says there ‘are no unemployed people’ in car crash TV interview
This week’s Budget should be interesting if this is what chancellor Philip Hammond is basing his figures on.
Only 1.4 million out, Philip.
Here’s a flavour of what people made of it.
Days before a budget that effects 60,000,000 people, chancellor Philip Hammond said: "Where are these unemployed people? There are no unemployed people."
There ARE and YOU should join them @PhilipHammondUK
— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) November 19, 2017
"Where are these unemployed people? There are no unemployed people."
—Philip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer.#Marr— Alex Nunns (@alexnunns) November 19, 2017
Expect there will be a good deal of rancour among the UK's 1.43 million unemployed people today about Philip Hammond's suggestion there is no unemployment on #Marr
— Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) November 19, 2017
Here’s the longer form version of the interview on the Andrew Marr show today.
