http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11798366
Lord Young's comments that the British people have 'never had it so good' have, not suprisingly, provoked a storm of protest from all quarters of the political arena.
And quite rightly, the former Cabinet minister, appointed as the Prime Minister's Enterprise advisor just last month, has very quickly seen the error of his words and resigned.
Labour leader Ed Milliband branded the Government as completely out of touch with ordinary people. And the Unite union called the remarks 'Thatcherite Claptrap'.
It is a chilling reminder of comments that were made in the previous Tory administration that 'unemployment was a price worth paying'.
It is yet another example of the Prime Minister enlisting the experience of millionaire ministers from another era who are totally divorced from the realities of economic hardship that many people are currently having to face.
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