I love it how some morons in this post seem to think that people want to sit on their arses all day.
Years ago unemployment as below 1.4m constantly, usually below 1m. We had a socialist set up in the country. Margaret Thatcher got in power and turned the country from socialist to free market capitalism. With Socialism we had a trade and budget surplus. After Thatcher had finished she had put an extra 2 million permanently on the unemployment line and we had a trade and budget deficit.
The country now can barely afford anything as free market capitalism combined with the fractional reserve banking system sends all the money to the top of society while creating mass poverty at the bottom.
So keep on hating the unemployed at the bottom while worshiping the tax dodging billionaires most of which are responsible for their unemployment at the top.
Also remember Labour aren't socialist anymore they are a bunch of Thatherite scum bags.