Live Register For March

[Digout]

Get back on topic lads, how many have lost their job this year?

[Seos]

Here's a graph showing the change in the Live register(seasonally adjusted)

And here's a graph showing the rate of change in the live register (seasonally adjusted)


Click on the image to enlarge.

[louis bernard]

I'd regard someone born in England of Irish parents as less Irish than someone born here of foreign parents. Yet our volkish constitution regards the former as inately Irish, and the latter to be spurned.

And, incidentally, I was born in England of Irish parents.

P.

So you would regard some child born here of say, sub Saharan African parents as more Irish than a child born in Liverpool of a mother from Cork and a father from Mayo? If you do you are an extremely odd person and I would venture out of step with all but a small minority.

[oceanclub]

I was right in predicting house prices would fall steadily rather than crash

If it makes you feel better to win arguments by changing the definition of words commonly used, go right ahead. What _is_ your definition of a crash?

P.

[oceanclub]

So you would regard some child born here of say, sub Saharan African parents as more Irish than a child born in Liverpool of a mother from Cork and a father from Mayo? If you do you are an extremely odd person and I would venture out of step with all but a small minority.

For more a more balanced example, how about we use a child born here of sub-Saharan African parents, and a child born to Irish parents in sub Saharan African? Can you explain to me why the latter would feel more affinity to this country, than one who was brought up here, experienced Irish life, went to school in Ireland with Irish schoolmates, etc?

P.

[bob3344]

Meanwhile over on Wikipedia they don't know whether he is Irish or English either:

Kevin Myers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Well at least we're all agreed that he's a twat.
... an English twat.

Whatever you think of Myers, he got his figures from the CSO - are they English twats too ?

[oceanclub]

40% in 2 months.

Ah, great. Simply redefine the term "property crash" as something which has never ever happened and, hey presto, we avoid it.

We could do the same with "recession" too. Simply redefine it as a 40% drop in GDP in 2 months. No more recession!

We should make you Taoiseach.

P.

[bob3344]

For more a more balanced example, how about we use a child born here of sub-Saharan African parents, and a child born to Irish parents in sub Saharan African? Can you explain to me why the latter would feel more affinity to this country, than one who was brought up here, experienced Irish life, went to school in Ireland with Irish schoolmates, etc?P.

Something to do with his parents bringing him up & imparting values ?

There are somalians living in London, into the 3rd & 4th generation who might as well still be living in the desert.

[oceanclub]

Something to do with his parents bringing him up & imparting values?

What "values" would make them more Irish than someone who had actually lived here?

I mean, I'm one of these mythical non-Irish born to Irish who has these values, obviously, and I certainly don't know.

P.

[Seos]

For the second graph I think showing log differences would be better (so as to get percentage changes).

Not great with maths terminology, but will do so ...if you tell me what a log difference is.