Perhaps, Jerome, you might like to send him a copy of your essay. A choice insight from this pundit:
"Close to a quarter of its young people are unemployed, but they're too busy burning cars to look for jobs."
The Times has a new email system so it's possible you can now reach him directly... Policies not Politics ---- Daily Landscape
But after tonight and attending a lovely Mozart concert which is very soothing for the mind, I've second thoughts whether it'd be useful. That one was more in conjuction with the rows over the energy companies, and not specifically adoptable to the issue at hand (or at least not that I can directly see). It shouldn't be used if it distracts from the core issue.
It' just... such a telling graph. Me likes it.
However, the OECD report I wrote about claims protectionism causes unemployment, so here's a link to my diary for anyone who is interested.