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NET MIGRATION - Are we finally coming to terms with this problem?

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  • Sampong
    Sampong Posts: 870 Forumite
    GeorgeHowell wrote: »
    I don't see how the long terms interests of the country are served by continuing to overcrowd it.
    Sampong wrote: »
    Somebody will be along shortly to disagree with your common sense.
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    Is rarely either.

    Here he is.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Clifford_Pope wrote: »
    Just clarify please - net immigration or net emmigration?
    Net migration doesn't mean anything.

    The number of students coming to the UK dropped. Education is a pretty big industry in the UK.

    I leave it to those on here that are brighter than me to decide whether they think that this is a good or a bad thing.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    The number of students coming to the UK dropped. Education is a pretty big industry in the UK.

    I leave it to those on here that are brighter than me to decide whether they think that this is a good or a bad thing.

    Would depend partly on how many of them were genuine fee paying students.
  • GeorgeHowell
    GeorgeHowell Posts: 2,739 Forumite
    Sampong wrote: »
    Here he is.

    Hook, line, and sinker
    No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.

    The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

    Margaret Thatcher
  • Sampong
    Sampong Posts: 870 Forumite
    GeorgeHowell wrote: »
    Hook, line, and sinker

    Regretfully future Lottery results are more of a challenge to predict.
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