Jamie Jenkins
@statsjamie
Political & Economic commentator | Previously head of health/jobs/wages stats @ONS | Stint at @BBC | Award-winning statistician
📺 | “Reeves and Starmer promised growth — and we have had some. 1️⃣ An increase in job losses 2️⃣ An increase in debt 3️⃣ An increase in inflation 4️⃣ And an increase in small boat migrants. But I don’t think that’s the growth the public were hoping for.” 💬 Chat with @Iromg ⸻…
💣 UK debt heading to wartime levels — but there’s no war… …except the one against the UK taxpayer. 📉 June borrowing: £20.7bn — 2nd highest ever (only behind the Covid crash) 📊 Debt-to-GDP creeping up — worse than during the 2008 financial crisis Labour promised…
🏢 Welsh Government has 20 offices costing £24.5 million a year… 📉 But in March, average daily attendance at its Merthyr Tydfil “main hub” was just 9%. Why are taxpayers funding empty desks? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
💣| New: UK debt spirals under the UK Government 📉 June borrowing: £20.7bn — second-highest on record 📊 Total debt: £2.87 TRILLION = £58,000 per person (excluding children) Rachel Reeves says “stability” — but the debt keeps climbing The debt mountain continues to grow

🚨 | Breaking - UK Payroll jobs down again Since Labour took office: 🔻 178,000 fewer people on payroll 📉 5 straight months of job losses 💸 Hiring is now more expensive thanks to National Insurance hikes The numbers don’t lie — Labour’s economy is shrinking before our eyes.
🛑 NEW: Daily Mirror reporting the next pandemic could come from Mars 🌌 Apparently, astronauts might die “live on air” from alien germs. This isn’t science — it’s science fiction. Fear porn dressed up as a headline. The real virus? Sensationalism 😂😂

📺 | Thames Water - 'All they need to do is get that water, treat it, and get it into people’s homes' Now? Hosepipe bans & huge bills. 💸 Private owners took the profits and now charge you to pay the debt. 📉 No new reservoir in 30 years — despite massive population growth.…
👇 The Labour Party claims Nigel Farage would “cost nearly one million jobs” with a war on clean energy. FACT CHECK 🔋 Latest official data shows just 71,000 jobs in the renewable energy sector. ❌ The claim isn’t just wrong — it’s wildly misleading.
🚨 Reform's war on homegrown, clean energy would cost almost a million jobs across the UK and leave you paying higher energy bills.🚨
🚫 Another week, another hosepipe ban. 💧 1 million in Hampshire & Isle of Wight can’t water the garden or wash the car — or face a fine. 📉 No reservoirs - population up 💷 Bills up 📈 Chaos rising. Southern Water’s losing millions — and still can’t deliver. Broken Britain.

📄 The Home Office annual report is out — they aim to deliver a secure border. The reality: 🚨 22,902 small boat arrivals in 2025 — up 55% 🚨 46,144 since Starmer became PM 🚨 Dangerous individuals let in — women and children harmed Let’s be fair: this is a total failure.