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UK Population to hit 74 Million by 2039
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| Hoof Hearted 30 Oct 15 10.28am | |
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What a scary thought for those of you much younger than me and with young children or grandchildren. The UK will be an absolute nightmare to live in, I would imagine, compared to our population now, which we know our infrastructure cannot cope with at these 'modest' current levels. When I was at school in the 60's our population was 56 Million and is now at about 64 Million some 40 years later. I suspect the housing solution will be increased tower block style living in the cities to cope with the numbers and much of our green belt land will be gone. Someone will have to come up with a solution to our dwindling water resources and more intensive farming methods will be needed to feed the masses. Those of you on here that are advocating an open door policy on immigration from both the EU and asylum seekers/economic migrants might just want to think about what life will be like in 25 years time if you allow this to happen. I am relieved that the likelihood of my life ending before this happens is almost certain. Enjoy!
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 collier row eagle  romford essex via another galaxy 30 Oct 15 10.39am |
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Only one answer..... Let's have a nuclear war.
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rob1969  Banstead Surrey 30 Oct 15 10.42am |
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As I, mentioned in an earlier thread, - This is a major reason why the UK does not need more, large scale, immigration as our existing population is growing. Germany and France that have declining birth rates and whose population is predicted to decline over the same period as the UK's grows and therefore immigrants are needed to help counter these projected declines. Edited by rob1969 (30 Oct 2015 10.47am)
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| Hoof Hearted 30 Oct 15 10.49am | |
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Quote rob1969 at 30 Oct 2015 10.42am
As I, mentioned in an earlier thread, - This is a major reason why the UK does not need more, large scale, immigration as our existing population is growing. Germany and France that have declining birth rates and whose population is predicted to decline over the same period as the UK's grows and therefore immigrants are needed to help counter these projected declines. Edited by rob1969 (30 Oct 2015 10.47am)
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 30 Oct 15 12.13pm |
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Quote rob1969 at 30 Oct 2015 10.42am
As I, mentioned in an earlier thread, - This is a major reason why the UK does not need more, large scale, immigration as our existing population is growing. Germany and France that have declining birth rates and whose population is predicted to decline over the same period as the UK's grows and therefore immigrants are needed to help counter these projected declines. Edited by rob1969 (30 Oct 2015 10.47am) Immigration isn't the problem for the UK, or any country, its when its rate of immigration greatly eclipses the rate of emigration (which is the current problem of the UK). Indeed if you have high emigration you generally will have serious problems if you don't counter that with immigration (quite possibly this would be worse than immigration in terms of economic impact on the UK).
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| stevegood 30 Oct 15 1.19pm |
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Quote jamiemartin721 at 30 Oct 2015 12.13pm
Quote rob1969 at 30 Oct 2015 10.42am
As I, mentioned in an earlier thread, - This is a major reason why the UK does not need more, large scale, immigration as our existing population is growing. Germany and France that have declining birth rates and whose population is predicted to decline over the same period as the UK's grows and therefore immigrants are needed to help counter these projected declines. Edited by rob1969 (30 Oct 2015 10.47am) Immigration isn't the problem for the UK, or any country, its when its rate of immigration greatly eclipses the rate of emigration (which is the current problem of the UK). Indeed if you have high emigration you generally will have serious problems if you don't counter that with immigration (quite possibly this would be worse than immigration in terms of economic impact on the UK). Of course immigration increases the problem, the rate of increase in the population would be less without them. It is nonsense to suggest otherwise.
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| Holmesdale Nick South Croydon 30 Oct 15 1.23pm |
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People are also living longer so we need lots of people to be in work to pay for pensioners.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 30 Oct 15 1.29pm |
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Quote stevegood at 30 Oct 2015 1.19pm
Quote jamiemartin721 at 30 Oct 2015 12.13pm
Quote rob1969 at 30 Oct 2015 10.42am
As I, mentioned in an earlier thread, - This is a major reason why the UK does not need more, large scale, immigration as our existing population is growing. Germany and France that have declining birth rates and whose population is predicted to decline over the same period as the UK's grows and therefore immigrants are needed to help counter these projected declines. Edited by rob1969 (30 Oct 2015 10.47am) Immigration isn't the problem for the UK, or any country, its when its rate of immigration greatly eclipses the rate of emigration (which is the current problem of the UK). Indeed if you have high emigration you generally will have serious problems if you don't counter that with immigration (quite possibly this would be worse than immigration in terms of economic impact on the UK). Of course immigration increases the problem, the rate of increase in the population would be less without them. It is nonsense to suggest otherwise. Did you read past the first line? The issue isn't immigration, its the imbalance between immigration and emigration. Around 125,000 UK citizens leave the UK each year, around another 125,000 people leave the UK each year, and around half a million migrate to the UK. If for example you had 125,000 people leaving the UK each year, without balancing that, you could face more serious economic impacts than high immigration. The problem is the imbalance between the two (those coming to the UK and those leaving the UK). Indeed if you suddenly 'revoked' the EU right to travel, the country would probably face an economic crisis as result of the impact (you'd have to graduate the change to avoid serious impacts on the housing market and the knock on effects this would have on businesses in high immigration areas). So that's where I sit, immigration to the UK needs to be in balance with emigration from the UK.
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Kermit8  Hevon 30 Oct 15 1.39pm |
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They never did find an antidote to Spanish Flu. It'll all sort itself out one way or another.
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 Hrolf The Ganger 30 Oct 15 2.05pm |
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Population increase = quality of life decrease.
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 30 Oct 15 2.10pm |
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I don't mean to sound alarmist in any way but I don't really see this as a reality. Why would anyone want to have a lot of kids these days? Certainly if there are a lot of births I have to suspect that they are not from 'traditional English' couples. I really don't know how else to put it.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 30 Oct 15 2.25pm |
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Quote Kermit8 at 30 Oct 2015 1.39pm
They never did find an antidote to Spanish Flu. It'll all sort itself out one way or another. There is a vaccine though. The real problem is the waiting for the sooner or later really (which invariably include famine, war, disease) rather than acting now - Problem is we'd have to 'bring the rest of the world' with us, rather than just looking after our own national self.
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