Can someone tell me

[KateLMead]

Can someone please tell me the figure of the English population in Britain, in comparison with the number of foreigners living here please.

[debih]

Does it really matter?

We are a multi cultural society.


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[Workingman]

Kate this Wiki page deals with England only and not the whole of the UK.

At the 2011 Census England had a population of 53,012,456.

1,823,907 were born in other countries of the UK, Eire or the Commonwealth = 86.91%.

1,980,259 were from members of the EU = 3.73%.

4,961,698 were from the rest of the World = 9.36%.

[Aggers]

Does it really matter?

We are a multi cultural society.

Sent from halfway down the stairs

Yes we are. But we, the genuine English people, had no say in the matter.

But there's nothing we can do about it now.

Sent from halfway up the stairs.

[debih]

Just like the Australians had no say in the matter when we sent hoards of people (including convicted prisoners) out there all those years ago.

Without the "foreigners" we would go without for so many things because so many people deem it beneath them to sweep streets, pick vegetables and do menial tasks.

"Foriegners" don't come over here "taking our jobs" they do the jobs that an awful lot of the British refuse to do because they'd rather take state handouts than do a low paid job.


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[KateLMead]

Hmmm I was merely asking a question Debih, you seem to be suggesting " I Have No Right To ASK Such A Question" .. Thanks Frank I guessed I could depend on you for the answere

[debih]

I didnt suggest at all that you have no right to ask Kate.

I just wondered why it mattered.

[cromwell]

It matters for a number of reasons. One is that most people in this country are opposed to uncontrolled mass immigration of the sort we are seeing in mainland Europe; and as we are allegedly a democracy the will of the majority should matter.

It matters because more immigration means more pressure on social services such as schools, hospitals and GPs. It matters because mass immigration is used as an economic tool to hold down wages and working conditions - the "If you don't want this job, there are plenty who do" attitude. It matters because it brings more crime of the type we have seen in Cologne, and more crime in general. The murder capital of England is now Boston, Lincs, home to many thousands of immigrants from Eastern Europe.

It matters most of all because most of us quite like living in the UK as it is now. It took this country an awfully long time to get to a point where women even had the vote, where gay people could breath easily, where discrimination against Catholics and Jews is unacceptable.

There are literally millions of people wishing to get into this country who do not share these values; who think rape is quite OK, who are 100% against gays, who are totally anti-semitic and who, when there is no one else to fall out with, fall out with each other, who have a massively entitled attitude.

And all that is off the top of my head. So yes, it absolutely does matter to me and to most other people who live in this country as to who lives here.

[medsec222]

I agree entirely with you Cromwell. What can start out with a welcome to share our values, could eventually turn into the indigenous population being forced to share the values of others.

[KateLMead]

Today Daily Mail Front Page Headlines by Duncan Gardhamand Omar Wahid. I had not received the Mail when I asked the question, however the shocking headlines certainly give rise for anxieties.