David Maddox: Classic reruns

It did not take the Tories long to dig this old nugget out of the archives (circa 1979 election) when today's unemployment stats showed that about 1,970,000 people in the UK - under the International Labour Organisation (ILO) figures (the UK government's preferred method). According to today's figures, there are around 108,000 in Scotland claiming Jobseekers' Allowance, apparently up 47 per cent from a year ago.
It should be said the ILO figures (just in case this was not confusing) are even worse for Scotland with 137,000 unemployed.
Needless to say the Tory UK press release today rehashed the 1979 message with the word "still" added in for good measure.
But, with David Cameron and the Conservatives well ahead in the polls he may not wish to remind people what happened after this poster campaign when the Tories took power and unemployment shot up to record levels, topping 3 million.