18% of 16-to-17s 'doing nothing'
This means that an impressive 82% of them gave their parents a proper answer.
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2 comments:
Gordon Brown told 16 and 17-year-olds that "doing nothing" was not an option.
Clearly it is, or else 18% of them wouldn't be doing it. QED, that.
Hang on, maybe I've read this wrong. Maybe it means that while 18% of them are doing nothing, the other 82% are out stabbing each other.
Still less than the Mail makes out...
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