What would we do without Samuel L Jackson?

A few weeks ago I linked to the PDF of "Go the fuck to sleep"*, a mock children's bedtime story book that made me laugh a lot.

Today, tanyad linked to the audio-book of it. Narrated by Samuel L Jackson:

*sent to me by zornhau IIRC

Clearly, I do not have a head for numbers

Can someone explain this
to me?

Apparently the number of unemployed people is down - hurrah! - but the
number of people claiming jobseekers allowance is up - boo!

If the number of unemployed people is not equal to the number of people
claiming the money that unemployed people get, then what _is_ it equal to?

Interesting Links for 15-6-2011

• Fixing New York's water pipes requires deep-diving systems. Damned impressive stuff.
  (tags: newyork usa water infrastructure diving)
• Chancellor Osborne backs ring-fencing of retail banks. About fucking time too.
  (tags: banking banks uk)
• Big drop in solar activity could mean much cooler Earth
  (tags: sun solar climate environment)
• Mexican Drug Lord Officially Thanks American Lawmakers for Keeping Drugs Illegal
  (tags: drugs usa law funny mexico)
• HTC Desire isn't get Android 2.3. Dammit.
  (tags: htc android mobile_phones)
• ALIGNMENT CHART! Game of Thrones, Season One. I love this show so much. Need mooooooore.
  (tags: GameOfThrones alignment awesome)
• Money can't buy happiness: Individualism a stronger predictor of well-being than wealth
  (tags: psychology happiness money)
• Strange things afoot at the North Pole.
  (tags: WTF usa chicken)
• Possibly the worst joke in the history of bad science-fiction jokes
  (tags: scifi writing jokes HarlanEllison)
• Price of electricity to rise further to cope with the problems caused by windfarms
  (tags: electricity wind renewables energy uk)
• Why do kids play music on the bus?
  (tags: music MobilePhones sodcasting)
• Creationists infiltrating into mainstream geology conferences
  (tags: creationism evolution religion christianity usa)