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Would he even be ABLE to get a job (and not just with or without..


... his Swastika on the forehead), given not only his criminal tendencies and such past, or even his attitudes, but possibly his lack of general education and work experience, and yet at the film's start when he is on trial, the police tell him off and take into account for his potential conviction the fact that he "hasn't secured himself a job"?

But would he be ABLE to with all of this in mind?

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Unemployment in the UK was 10-20% at this time, probably closer to 20% for Trevor’s age group and lack of skills and qualifications.

Add in the fact that the UK was at the tail end of its industrial decline, and its even bleaker. A declining number of low skill jobs.

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