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Old November 11th 16, 07:25 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 22:34:37 +0000, Graeme Wall wrote:

On 10/11/2016 08:15, Optimist wrote:



I don't recall anyone on TV expressing "fear and loathing of foreigners" - unless you are referring
to the desire to have proper control of immigration which is already running at over 600,000 (1% of
the population) a year and we are already one of the most densely populated countries on the planet.


Well that's two untruths in one sentence.


(1) Sorry I underestimated immigration. Currently it is 633,000 a year
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...ionalmigration

(2) England has a population density of 420 per sq. km. - few countries are more densely populated
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England