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Title: UK population projections due out
Post by: Barman on October 23, 2007, 07:13:57 AM
Quote from: BBC Web Site
The scale of population growth in Britain over the next 74 years is to be estimated in figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The projection of Britain's population up to 2081 takes into account factors including immigration and fertility.


Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7057515.stm)

This gave me a good laugh this morning – they’ve already admitted they don’t know how many are in the UK now – how can they predict the growth?

The Panorama programme showed how outrageously out-of-touch these people are – estimating that the population of Slough is decreasing whereas in reality it is bursting at the seams with immigrants!

Another complete, farcical waste of time and money!  cussing:
Title: Re: UK population projections due out
Post by: Snoopy on October 23, 2007, 09:23:50 AM
Alan Bennett on Woman's Hour today "I doubt that Tony Blair has ever read a book properly, as say MacMillan or Churchill would have read books ~ that is why I say they (modern politicians) are Philistines"
Title: Re: UK population projections due out
Post by: Snoopy on October 23, 2007, 09:29:16 AM
And now Jenni Murray is banging on about f*cking Breast Cancer again.  ::)
Title: Re: UK population projections due out
Post by: Grumpmeister on October 23, 2007, 09:34:16 AM
This gave me a good laugh this morning – they’ve already admitted they don’t know how many are in the UK now – how can they predict the growth?

Simple, they do know to within a small margin of error. They've just realised that if they release the true figures they wouldnt have to wait till the next election to be kicked out of office.