But what is 5,000 in two million (1978)

From the September 1978 issue of the Socialist Standard

There is a bloke called Albert Booth in the Labour Government with a very baffling job. He is the Minister for Employment and gets about £200 a week for trying to find people jobs. At least, that is what they said. Picture then the comical Mr. Booth, who actually appeared on TV to announce his great progress in his job. Somebody in his department suddenly thought up a scheme to have the unemployed sign the book once a fortnight — instead of once a week. “This will save about 5,000 jobs” said Mr. Booth!