Tuesday, 27 April 2010

UK's 2.5 Million Jobless Citizens

(CNN) - London, England - I'm back from my ash extended holiday in Africa and back on the social media beat for the UK elections. Don Riddell was telling me about how British voters that may have been stranded came back shocked to find a totally different and more energised election landscape after Nick Clegg got a whopping boost from the first debate.

I watched the second debate in Kenya and followed the mostly negative comments on Twitter. The third debate's on the economy. The number of people who don't have jobs in the UK is 2.5 million. That's the highest since 1994. The numbers also show that youth unemployment is also rising.

Whether you're in the UK or elsewhere around the world I want to know which candidate you think will create more jobs. Send me a tweet @zainverjee or comment on this blog and I may use it on the air ahead of Thursday's debate. You can also upload video comments to CNN's iReport. I'd love to hear from you.

Posted by: CNN Correspondent Zain Verjee
Filed under: Social Media •The Economy