If there’s one thing that really gets under the skin of Momentum, the campaign group for Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn, it’s that the economy has steadily improved under this Conservative government. While the group constantly tries to suggest that only Corbyn can rescue the country from economic peril, statistics that show, for example, that unemployment is falling across the country throw an awkward spanner in the works.
The group has therefore recently alighted on a new response to counter suggestions that more people are in work, by pointing out that official employment statistics include people who only work one hour every week:
Whilst the Government continues to brag about 'record employment', the truth is that an individual only has to work an hour a week to be classified as 'employed'.
In a nutshell, the Tories will shamelessly spin numbers to appear competent. (They're really not).
— Momentum 🌹 (@PeoplesMomentum) January 26, 2019
The implication of course being that the fall in unemployment is a myth, buoyed by people on zero-hour contracts who only work for a few hours.
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