Gary Lineker tried to gently draw some parallels with the 1930s a while back, got quite the backlash
Backlash from the right wing media, with the likes of GB news, Talk tv and the mail/express leading the way. They’re the enemy, they’re the ones driving all this.
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As to immigration. The numbers are quite simple.
1.2m people came to the UK last year, and near 535,000 left. So net migration is about 685,000.
However, 670,000 died in the UK last year, and 605,000 were born. Obviously those born won’t be entering the workforce any time soon, so overall theres not a great deal of change. Except for the fact there are more working adults
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Either way, having more people at working age is beneficial, and we all know immigration often provides an economic net benefit to the U.K. economy, as well as helping to maintain the working-age population while also plugging the current skills gap in many industries.