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  1. Sco

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    Just think, two extra little red lines and you'd lots of roundabouts advertising the Dead Kennedys and lots of confused people...
     
    Scoff, Aug 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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    Yes they have. May have been me. Moat western countries are looking at population collapse. South Korea in Asia is actually going to be the first to see it.
     
    Redstone, Aug 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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    The population collapse that is coming will be the biggest challenge of the next 100 years. Its impact will be huge.
     
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    It can't be offset forever. Its going to lead to huge in balance where countries have more older people than they can support. Obviously it will self correct eventually, but the economic repercussions are huge challenge that lay ahead.
    Ironically countries may start to fight to take immigrants to off set it further.
     
    Redstone, Aug 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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    What about Irish immigration in the 19th century?
     
    Gimson&theBarnsleys, Aug 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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    RamTam, Aug 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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    In the 19th century, Ireland was part of the UK so it was internal migration. No different to moving from Yorkshire to London or Edinburgh.
     
    Scoff, Aug 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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    The biggest migration to the UK were Belgians during World War 1. 250,000.

    Next are the Poles who came here 1946-47. 150,00.
     
    StatisTYKE, Aug 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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    This is a subject which is complicated and far reaching, not just here in the UK but for the whole of Europe and possibly most of the world, and as a consequence we need an open public debate about it with a view to finding long-term solutions. Unfortunately because our media is not inclined to engage in that and our democratic system requires that policies must be short-term with a view to re-election, such a open public debate is not possible. The inevitable result is that extremists will hijack the debate for their own ends. Add the impending climate disaster into the mix and I'm not confident in any good outcome.
     
    Brush, Aug 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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    Are you Stewart Lee?
     
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    No, I'm Stewart Lee!
     
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    So is my wife.
     
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    My wife is Spartacus.
     
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    Logan’s Run!!!!
     
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    Good film (excellent book), awful TV series.
     
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    Hmm, forgot about that.:oops:
     
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    I'm Bruce Lee.
     
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    I’m not flying a flag but show my reverence to St George a Roman soldier born in Turkey by eating pizza and kebabs
     
    Durkar Red, Aug 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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    A lot of people attacking those who are erecting flags and calling them flagshaggers, moreso on X than anywhere else I've seen, are usually the ones with 5 or 6 flags in their bios!

    Usually the Ukrainian flag, the rainbow flag, the trans flag etc.

    Live and let live at the end of the day, that's my view. I just think labelling people as flagshaggers is unhelpful.

    You might disagree with their motivation for doing it, but the actual act of flying your own Nations' flag is not something to be ridiculed, especially when those people calling out others for doing so are more than likely going to hold the view that Ukraine should be a sovereign nation (hence the flag flying in peoples' bios) That Trans people should be able to live their lives as they see fit, and defend their right to do so etc etc.

    People have the right to be patriotic in their own way. That's all im saying.
     
    Mr BFC88, Aug 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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