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Boomed! Another 10 million to the UK's population

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    #11
    Originally posted by TinTrump View Post
    I'm sure about a month ago I heard something on the Beeb world service about the government wanting to restrict an increase in the population to a "manageable" 70M. Don't know the whys or wherefors as didn't hear the whole article.

    But then they did get their estimates about migrants from Eastern Europe horribly wrong by a factor of 10(?). Can't recall exactly but it was a vast underestimate.
    It was nearer a factor of 50. Jack Straw said he expected up to 12,000.

    Not a clue.

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