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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... -2050.html

Quote:
Britain will see its population swell from today's 62.2 million to 77 million, an increase of 24 per cent.
This will make it bigger than France, projected to be 70 million and Germany, which is predicted to have 71.5 million citizens.
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
We'll still be rubbish at international football :oops:
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
We will get more MEP's as a result. That will mean even more UKIP MEP's. :roll:
Author:  lumbthelesser [ Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
Amnesia10 wrote:
We will get more MEP's as a result. That will mean even more UKIP MEP's. :roll:

More ukip? Quick, let's have a population cull before it is too late ;)
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
lumbthelesser wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
We will get more MEP's as a result. That will mean even more UKIP MEP's. :roll:

More ukip? Quick, let's have a population cull before it is too late ;)

Easiest way? Leave the EU then all the EU citizens will have to leave, including all the polish plumbers.
Author:  Linux_User [ Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
Amnesia10 wrote:
lumbthelesser wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
We will get more MEP's as a result. That will mean even more UKIP MEP's. :roll:

More ukip? Quick, let's have a population cull before it is too late ;)

Easiest way? Leave the EU then all the EU citizens will have to leave, including all the polish plumbers.


We'd also lose our largest trading partner. It doesn't pay not to be in the EU. If we leave and join the EEA or the EFTA (like Norway, Switzerland etc) then we are still subject to all the laws and regulations, but we no longer have a say in their creation.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
Linux_User wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
Easiest way? Leave the EU then all the EU citizens will have to leave, including all the polish plumbers.


We'd also lose our largest trading partner. It doesn't pay not to be in the EU. If we leave and join the EEA or the EFTA (like Norway, Switzerland etc) then we are still subject to all the laws and regulations, but we no longer have a say in their creation.

I was joking. It would be the easiest way but it would also impact on us badly as a trading nation. So in reality is a complete non starter.
Author:  big_D [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
Germany is shrinking - and aging.

They've had big promotions to get families to have more children - including paying fathers their full salary for a year, after the birth of the child, so they can stay home and look after them.
Author:  HeatherKay [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
pcernie wrote:
We'll still be rubbish at international football :oops:


Really? Who says we're rubbish at international football?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 69495.stm#

:lol:
Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
HeatherKay wrote:
pcernie wrote:
We'll still be rubbish at international football :oops:

Really? Who says we're rubbish at international football?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 69495.stm#
:lol:

Frankly, anyone whose seen us play international football. The women are in fact the exception rather than the rule. Hope Powell should be given Capello's job when he retires in two years. Or at least, a whopping chunk of the salary of whoever the next one is. Plus I didn't know Kelly Smith doesn't have a club right now. That's scandalous.
Author:  HeatherKay [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
jonbwfc wrote:
Frankly, anyone whose seen us play international football.


Wait, teams are scored for how well they play as well as the goals they score?

;)
Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
HeatherKay wrote:
jonbwfc wrote:
Frankly, anyone whose seen us play international football.

Wait, teams are scored for how well they play as well as the goals they score?
;)

If you don't play well, you don't tend to score many goals. Mind you, it helps if the officials spot the ones you do score :x.
Author:  Spreadie [ Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
jonbwfc wrote:
If you don't play well, you don't tend to score many goals. Mind you, it helps if the officials spot the ones you do score :x.

Don't be too hard on the officials. They did spot one of our goals, and all of the German goals! ;)
Author:  eddie543 [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
big_D wrote:
Germany is shrinking - and aging.

They've had big promotions to get families to have more children - including paying fathers their full salary for a year, after the birth of the child, so they can stay home and look after them.

That sound familiar......... :?
Author:  pcernie [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050
eddie543 wrote:
big_D wrote:
Germany is shrinking - and aging.

They've had big promotions to get families to have more children - including paying fathers their full salary for a year, after the birth of the child, so they can stay home and look after them.

That sound familiar......... :?


It's a big issue in Russia too...
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