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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
Hi Foreverwar, thanks for that, BUT you must appreciate that the UK is bursting at the seams, and we MUST now close the door on anymore people coming into this country BOTH main parties will always say that
'any immagrants that come into this country will only benefit the economy of this country' which is total nonsense. It is true, that Britain is no longer British, you cannot do anything or say anything without offending people, and this great country of ours has a freedom of speech, sadly you cannot do that anymore.  |
Arthur, not for the first time on this forum, you are talking complete arse.
The island of Great Britain is NOT 'bursting at the seams'. We have about 95,000 square miles to live in. Sadly, successive governments have followed highly centralist policies which have led to Greater London (area 600 square miles) having a greater population than the whole of Scotland (area approx. 30,000 square miles). It's not just confined to Greater London, the whole of the southeast of England suffers similarly. That part of Great Britain now has, in parts, just about the highest population density of anywhere in Europe.
There is plenty of room for us to bring in as many desirable immigrants as we please. However the government needs to start seriously looking at the long term planning issues that have encouraged both native and immigrant populations to gravitate towards the southeast of England. This is starting in some areas - the BBC for example has moved a lot of its production out of London and will move a whole lot more out when it moves its main base to Manchester. But there is room for a whole lot more.