Johnny Bognor

Not sure about this. UK births were 697,000 in 2015, whilst there were 529,000 deaths. I make that 168,000 more that need to be housed. Then if you look at the origin of the mothers, there are the changing demographics which show that there was a 1.1% fall in the live births to UK born women, compared to a 1.4% rise to non-UK born women. Rising birth rates are undoubtedly an issue (albeit overstated by you), in terms of our housing needs, but part of the issue of rising birth rates is in fact down to immigration. According to the ONS, the household size has changed very little over the last decade: "There were 27.1 million households in the UK in 2016. The number of households has increased by 7% since 2006, similar to the growth in the UK population during this period. As a result average household size has remained at 2.4 people over the decade". According to Migration Watch, the most popular destinations of people leaving the UK are non-EU countries. Approximately 100,000 people emigrate to non-EU countries. Why have you not taken these off the non-EU immigration figures, like you did for EU immigration????? The nett non-EU immigration is more like 90,000 people. So let's summarise... Point 1 results in 168k additional people = 70,000 homes (although some of these are linked to non-UK born families) Point 2 results in no homes required = 0 homes Point 3 results in 90k additional people = 37,500 homes Point 4 results in 48,000 extra homes So of the 155,500 additional homes needed, 48000 are down to nett EU imgration... this paints a very different picture to the one you are painting. Out of interest, why did you compare "nett" EU immigration to "total" non-EU immigration?

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Bugger me. I didn't realise these EU officials swept the streets and emptied the bins a well??? Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

That's not quite what the article says though, is it? This bit gives it away... But even though the British bill will rise in 2017, its contributions will decline in euro terms because a weaker pound means Britain’s economy appears smaller, further souring the atmosphere across the English Channel.

Another vocal liberal gets it...

I remember your protests about Brown who was inflicted upon us, without a vote being cast, despite the economic armageddon on his watch ;-) Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

$550m was 'other' spend Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

It was mentioned by the BBC. After a bit of digging, total spend was $1.3 billion. Hillary spent $500m and Trump spent $250m.

So Hilary spends a staggering $1.3 billion on her election campaign (twice as much as trump) and fails. Just goes to show that throwing money at things doesn't guarantee success.

To the citizens of the United States of America, from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.). Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except North Dakota, which she does not fancy). Your new Prime Minister, Teresa May, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: ----------------------- 1. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour,' 'favour,' 'labour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise.' Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary'). ------------------------ 2. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as ''like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as U.S. English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter 'u'' and the elimination of '-ize.' ------------------- 3. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. ----------------- 4. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist, then you're not ready to shoot grouse. ---------------------- 5. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public. ---------------------- 6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. -------------------- 7. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it. ------------------- 8. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar. ------------------- 9. The cold, tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable, as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of the British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion. --------------------- 10. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialect in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater. --------------------- 11. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). --------------------- 12. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries. -------------------- 13.. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad. ----------------- 14. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776). --------------- 15. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 p.m. with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season. God Save the Queen!

Nail. Hit. Head.

0% voted for the EU... which is kind of why we had a referendum. Loving the project fear terminology of "hard" brexit. Surely it should be "Clean Brexit", as in a clean break?

So 0% voted to join the EEC in the first place. Only 31% of the population voted to stay in in the EEC referendum, in 1975. 0% voted to join the EU as we know it. ... and Remoaners complain about the EU referendum. Hmmmm.

Errr that wasn't to join the EU. Errr that was after Heath passed the euro bill. We had already joined. What percentage of the population did that represent?? Less than 50 % So there's the hypocrisy... Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

You make a good point and I don't disagree. Out of interest, how many voted to join the EU?? Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

Errr I do get it (as my comment was tongue in cheek) and FWIW, I agree with the decision. But carry on trying to come up with ways to have a pop, it's quite flattering, me old chum.

It's quite ironic that in our "democracy", democracy is being blocked by unelected judges... ... but FWIW, I think it's right that it goes through parliament, because a decision of such magnitude should be subject to scrutiny.

Wowsers... big development... Government loses Article 50 court fight!!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37857785

Ah it's my old mate Sum Ting Wong

I would have thought it was pretty obvious. Someone with left wing / socialist views, but not as extreme as a commie. HTH

Martin Sorrel. WPP is the world's leading ad agency. Martin is seen as a demi God in advertising and is a prominent remainer Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

You do make a good point here in that there will be bad news as well as good news. Whilst I highlight the good news (being a naturally positive person and an optimist), I am more than aware that there are downsides. Too many remainers only focus on the downsides and don’t consider any of the upsides. In relation to GM and the Ellesmere Port site, 80% of the cars produced there are shipped to the EU, cars which are now 15% cheaper relative to German or French cars. Compare this to the cuts from GM in Germany, where certain models produced for the UK will be more expensive. I fully appreciate the effects of the falling £ on inflation, but you like many others, fail to recognise that the £ was overvalued and that this was bad for the UK in the long term. I urge you to read this article in the Independent. The high value of the pound was damaging the UK and our future prospects… http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/why-the-plummeting-pound-sterling-is-good-news-for-britain-a7353846.html The £ needed to come down. Brexit was more of a catalyst than the cause…

Yes. The same future generations that would be damaged by a high £ in or out. It's just some are too economically illiterate to see it...

So the IMF and pretty much every man and his dog thought it overvalued, but an economist extraordinaire like you didnt? Is running a balance of payments deficit good for the country in the long term?? Do you think we should have spending power now, to feed our lust for consumerism, at the expense of ****ing future generations over??

So economically literate one, you seem to disagree with everyone that the £ was seriously overvalued pre referendum and was due a correction anyway Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk