630000 people enter the uk

Record number of people entered the UK in 2015 Thoughts?

About time to repeal the Town and Planning Act, free up some land in the countryside, build more parks and housing of a quality nature, and perhaps introduce a tax on the land to pay for it.

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Vikingninja

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To be completely honest I was expecting this year to be very high anyway.

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Fullofsurprises

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Even Migration Watch, which normally says the government underestimates net migration, says it was 330,000 last year.
http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/statistics-net-migration-statistics

So where does OP get the '630000 people' figure? Out of his far right wing fantasies presumably.

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lolatmaths

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Original post by Fullofsurprises

Even Migration Watch, which normally says the government underestimates net migration, says it was 330,000 last year.
http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/statistics-net-migration-statistics

So where does OP get the '630000 people' figure? Out of his far right wing fantasies presumably.

Daily Mail, where else do you think these uneducated tossers get their rubbish from?

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Jammy Duel

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Original post by Fullofsurprises

Even Migration Watch, which normally says the government underestimates net migration, says it was 330,000 last year.
http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/statistics-net-migration-statistics

So where does OP get the '630000 people' figure? Out of his far right wing fantasies presumably.

Try reading the title again, you can only say the figures are so inconsistent if barely anybody left

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999tigger

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Surely more than 630,000 entered the UK in 2015? What is the OP going on about?

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richpanda

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Original post by George VI

About time to repeal the Town and Planning Act, free up some land in the countryside, build more parks and housing of a quality nature, and perhaps introduce a tax on the land to pay for it.

Has it ever occurred to you that we'd like to keep our countryside, and keep some places in England rural?

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1420787

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Original post by karl pilkington

Record number of people entered the UK in 2015 Thoughts?

Are you slut-shaming the UK?

Everyone has a right to a private life.

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Jammy Duel

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Original post by richpanda

Has it ever occurred to you that we'd like to keep our countryside, and keep some places in England rural?

*looks up stats* there is more woodland than urbanised land, in fact nearly twice as much

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18623096&ved=0ahUKEwjo57KWv4TNAhXCEywKHbJZBIkQFggbMAA&usg=AFQjCNGdiVgnecJ2MGUo3b2bJElYMs9NAw&sig2=VUHXTn4J0AmNiv-L5P78xw

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George VI

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Original post by richpanda

Has it ever occurred to you that we'd like to keep our countryside, and keep some places in England rural?

Yes, it has, that's why I suggested building green spaces.

Who exactly does the actual country benefit anymore tbh? It makes up most of our land for what? 2 thirds of our food is imported. I'm not suggesting getting rid of it entirely just using it to actually serve the needs of the majority.

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Fullofsurprises

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Original post by George VI

Yes, it has, that's why I suggested building green spaces.

Who exactly does the actual country benefit anymore tbh? It makes up most of our land for what? 2 thirds of our food is imported. I'm not suggesting getting rid of it entirely just using it to actually serve the needs of the majority.

Most of our large cities need high rise and large-scale apartment blocks as found in most big cities internationally. The old style 'flat British town' is no longer an option and hanging onto it is the major cause of our difficulties.

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JamesN88

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Original post by George VI

Yes, it has, that's why I suggested building green spaces.

Who exactly does the actual country benefit anymore tbh? It makes up most of our land for what? 2 thirds of our food is imported. I'm not suggesting getting rid of it entirely just using it to actually serve the needs of the majority.

Why build over natural green spaces and then create artificial ones? The real problem is brownfield land not being utilised enough.

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George VI

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Original post by JamesN88

Why build over natural green spaces and then create artificial ones? The real problem is brownfield land not being utilised enough.

Precision, I may be wrong but no one has bothered mapping the entire thing and worked out a way to design an effective combination of cities and green spaces. I think I speak for most when I say that I find an elegant garden far more pretty than a bit of grass in the country.

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karl pilkington

OP

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Original post by Fullofsurprises

Even Migration Watch, which normally says the government underestimates net migration, says it was 330,000 last year.
http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/statistics-net-migration-statistics

So where does OP get the '630000 people' figure? Out of his far right wing fantasies presumably.

that is net immigration as in about 300000 left the UK but most of those would be naturalised british citizens. Over 600000 is far to high soon this country will no longer represent Britain.

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Yua

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head like a ****ing orange?

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1420787

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Original post by karl pilkington

that is net immigration as in about 300000 left the UK but most of those would be naturalised british citizens. Over 600000 is far to high soon this country will no longer represent Britain.

Tell me what Britain is all about again? Because immigration and cultural change has been a part of it since before you were born.

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M14B

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Original post by karl pilkington

Record number of people entered the UK in 2015 Thoughts?

Link?

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Fullofsurprises

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Original post by karl pilkington

that is net immigration as in about 300000 left the UK but most of those would be naturalised british citizens. Over 600000 is far to high soon this country will no longer represent Britain.

You meant British citizens of non - foreign origin, not naturalised, that is a different thing.

A lot of the people leaving will be E. Europeans, as many surveys show that there is a rotation of people from the EU and it isn't all UK people leaving. The same is also true of traditional immigrants from places like the Caribbean and the Indian subcontinent.