Apparently the government (and the National Union of Students) are suggesting graduates leave the country, the argument given apparently to avoid the woes of the recession. This puzzles me as the government are also frequently telling me that Britain is coping with the recession very well, better than the majority of the world in fact. If we're doing so well why will these people avoid the worst by moving elsewhere? Surely, if we're doing so well graduates from other countries should be coming to the UK.

Oh wait, if we ignore the government's inability to decide if we're beating the recession or struggling more than average maybe, just maybe, the government want graduates to leave the country because then they won't count towards unemployment figures when they can't find work. Instead, we can have all these people being unemployed elsewhere! "No job prospects? Go bum around Thailand for a few years and make us look like we have an economy!" If we're really lucky these people we're chasing out of the country might even make other countries look like they have even higher unemployment, and we get a double bonus!