Yesterday the worst unemployment figures for 16 years (and the worst youth unemployment figures on record) were announced. So far we’ve not seen either the PM or the chancellor make any comment on the unemployment figures. We have seen the employment minister – but he was slapped down by a former Treasury spokesman.
This isn’t the first time the two top Tories have gone missing (especially Osborne), so we’ve set up a clock below to show you how long it is that they’ve been silent since the figures were released…
24 hours and counting…
Update: Cameron finally broke his silence at 2pm – 28 and a half hours after the figures were released. What took him so long?
Update: Scrapbook have noticed too – they’re calling it “The Day of Silence” – they’ve also captured this brilliant video of the chancellor trying his hardest not to talk about unemployment:
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