keithisco Posted June 22, 2017 #1 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Quote The population of the UK has increased by more than half a million - the biggest rise for 70 years - according to official figures. There were 65,648,000 people in the UK in June 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS said that was a rise of 538,000 on the figure in 2015, equivalent to a city the size of Bradford. Net migration of 336,000 accounted for 62.4%, while the difference between birth and death rates made up 35.8%. There was also an increase of 9,500 in armed forces personnel based in the UK. Source:BBC I do not see this as a good thing with pressure so great on all services. The figures also only include those here leagally for more than 12 months and registered for a National Insurance number. I suspect the figure is much higher... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmk1245 Posted June 22, 2017 #2 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, keithisco said: Source:BBC I do not see this as a good thing with pressure so great on all services. The figures also only include those here leagally for more than 12 months and registered for a National Insurance number. I suspect the figure is much higher... Hire Syrian teenage engineering doctors to fix that (well, not so Syrian, nor teenagers, nor engineers, nor doctors)... Ah, well, let the pressure blow all this thing up. Who cares about UK, anyway... Just kidding. On the serious note, UK should cut all (except death threatening) medical assistance to non-UK folks. Sounds harsh? Well, not so, when you think of analogy: you already have full boat, and people continue pleading to take someone more, and more on board... What happens next? Boat sinks bringing all to the bottom of the sea. No matter how cruel it is, line should be drawn, else... Edited June 22, 2017 by bmk1245 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenonegin Posted June 22, 2017 #3 Share Posted June 22, 2017 The population will rise exponentially. I million every 2 years, in 15 years time that extra 3.5 million will potentially start producing babies... Time we spent some money policing our borders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmk1245 Posted June 22, 2017 #4 Share Posted June 22, 2017 9 minutes ago, eugeneonegin said: The population will rise exponentially. I million every 2 years, in 15 years time that extra 3.5 million will potentially start producing babies... Time we spent some money policing our borders. Isn't that bit too late? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenonegin Posted June 22, 2017 #5 Share Posted June 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, bmk1245 said: Isn't that bit too late? How can it be too late to restore proper staffing to border controls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmk1245 Posted June 22, 2017 #6 Share Posted June 22, 2017 42 minutes ago, eugeneonegin said: How can it be too late to restore proper staffing to border controls? When pestilence is already in your house, how closing doors helps to survive latter onslaught? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted June 22, 2017 #7 Share Posted June 22, 2017 5 hours ago, keithisco said: Source:BBC I do not see this as a good thing with pressure so great on all services. The figures also only include those here leagally for more than 12 months and registered for a National Insurance number. I suspect the figure is much higher... It can't be true people are leaving the country in droves, since brexit no one wants to come here you must have got it wrong just yesterday on radio BBC 4 said so and they wouldn't lie would they. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenonegin Posted June 22, 2017 #8 Share Posted June 22, 2017 2 hours ago, eugeneonegin said: The population will rise exponentially. I million every 2 years, in 15 years time that extra 3.5 million will potentially start producing babies... Time we spent some money policing our borders. Of course, this is just the figures for 2017. Each year 500,000 enter the UK, these figures will apply. And of course the millions that have already settled here (as keithesco has said, we have no idea of the true number) will also be increasing. With the population increasing each year sufficiently to populate a very large town or small city, and all those populations breeding, I cannot see how a small island like the UK can accommodate everyone. Perhaps we should continue with the Grenfell Tower relocation policy, and just hand over all of London to the new immigrants. The indigenous population can move to the Hebrides,Orkneys or Channel Islands to make room for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenonegin Posted June 22, 2017 #9 Share Posted June 22, 2017 39 minutes ago, hetrodoxly said: It can't be true people are leaving the country in droves, since brexit no one wants to come here you must have got it wrong just yesterday on radio BBC 4 said so and they wouldn't lie would they. They are not, though, and wont.We are the softest touch in the world. We are the only country to suffer terrorist attacks to respond by saying we must make more efforts to integrate, and accommodate, these poor people who must feel so alienated from our Western culture that they feel the need to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted June 23, 2017 #10 Share Posted June 23, 2017 16 hours ago, keithisco said: Source:BBC I do not see this as a good thing with pressure so great on all services. The figures also only include those here leagally for more than 12 months and registered for a National Insurance number. I suspect the figure is much higher... Lets just clarify that net immigration is people in minus people out. That is, any people not immigration populations. And its known a lot of Brits are quitting the major cities for Spain, Australia and Canada because where they live has changed so much. It has brought a lot of problems which those willing to see immigration only in a positive light ignore. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Silver Thong Posted June 23, 2017 #11 Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) and we thought this was a good idea Edited June 23, 2017 by The Silver Thong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted June 23, 2017 #12 Share Posted June 23, 2017 20 hours ago, eugeneonegin said: The population will rise exponentially. I million every 2 years, in 15 years time that extra 3.5 million will potentially start producing babies... Time we spent some money policing our borders. Borders? We live on an island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Silver Thong Posted June 23, 2017 #13 Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, ExpandMyMind said: Borders? We live on an island. No boats or planes that`s weird. Hmmm how about this little gem. Edited June 23, 2017 by The Silver Thong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingitsune Posted June 24, 2017 #14 Share Posted June 24, 2017 13 hours ago, ExpandMyMind said: Borders? We live on an island. There's the border between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, if nothing else... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingitsune Posted June 24, 2017 #15 Share Posted June 24, 2017 13 hours ago, ExpandMyMind said: Borders? We live on an island. There's the border between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, if nothing else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingitsune Posted June 24, 2017 #16 Share Posted June 24, 2017 (edited) Sorry, internet hates me tonight. Edited June 24, 2017 by Gingitsune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finity Posted June 26, 2017 #17 Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) I don't even know where all these people are going. We don't have nearly enough houses for them all, or jobs. There must be flats with 10s of people crammed inside all over the place. Many can't be going to a much better life than the one they left behind. Edited June 26, 2017 by Finity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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