The_Rev Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 The census results are coming out, only England and Wales today (Scotland and Northern Ireland later in the year) but the population increase is bigger than expected. The population of Wales is officially over 3 million for the first time ever. The population of England now stands at 53 million. I expect the majority of the increase is due to net immigration, especially people coming in from Poland. It will be interesting to see a more detailed breakdown of the census as the days go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 My dad filled out ours really inaccurately and also decided not to use spaces between words, he didn't think he'd need to when you fill out a grid type text field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 3.7m population increase in a decade interestingly I read a piece on the Independent web page that said this level of immigration would help solve our debt crises Wear sandals and grow a beard before clicking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Wear sandals and grow a beard before clicking Is this something to do with Linux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2012 We were amongst the states that benefited most from the opening up EU immigration - we were one of the states that choose not to put in place restrictions on internal EU immigration following the ascension of the Eastern European states (many did put in temporary barriers and saw little gain), so kinda makes sense. I seem to remember reading, however, that following the recession beginning to bite, the Eastern European immigration began to slow down fast and actually quite few moved away from the UK as the benefit to being here slumped in turn with the economy. I do wonder, had the census been done a couple of years before, if the number would have been even higher... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I do wonder, had the census been done a couple of years before, if the number would have been even higher... I know its only anedotal but my father works in the manufacturing industry and this does fit with their experience. On the other hand some settled Eastern Europeans, scared of the Tories rhetoric on bashing them are now beginning to go through the citizenship process. Which is interesting and kinda nice. And yes, I am a beardy, sandaled liberal, without the beard or sandals just the sentiment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Fair **** play to the immigrant influx - doing the jobs the indigenous scum bags are too **** lazy to take on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Fair **** play to the immigrant influx - doing the jobs the indigenous scum bags are too **** lazy to take on. Hey, Liverpool is only a small area inside the entire country :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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