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UK is less densely populated than many EU regions and barely top 50 globally. Issue is that HALF of all rural land is owned by the richest 0.6%. Top 10 landowners control more than 1m acres; Crown Estate alone, one third.
Stop blaming immigrants for poor planning and inequality.
Stop blaming immigrants for poor planning and inequality.
It is perfectly possible to plan for utilities, doctors, schools and transport. People go where jobs are created. We're just rubbish at doing it. And since EU27 migrants are - by any measure - net contributors, their absence would mean LESS MONEY for public services, not more.
The exact same arguments were used against your father, when he migrated. It is shameful to perpetuate this nonsense, by thinking your family was somehow "different".
