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Stop Concrete Fields

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Ethically raising awareness of the problems with migration in England and concern for greenfield building because of unsustainable population increase.

 England, United Kingdom
Joined December 2015
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With the UK's current population growth, every year 6 new cities the size of Lincoln of new housing are needed just to keep up.
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Really good article on the effects of migration on house prices. With note to high levels of social housing going to people entering the UK migrationobservatory.ox.ac.u…
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People who come from abroad to live here are individuals, with hopes, dreams, families, they fall in love, save money, eat food. The policies are the problem with overpopulation not the individual. #LoveMigrants #HateMigration
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@MigrationWatch16 Mar 2018
Between 1950 and 2000, the UK population rose from 50 million to 59 million in 2000. Since then it has risen to 65.6 million. See our population brief migrationwatchuk.org/key-top…
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Population Matters@PopnMatters5 Feb 2018
Sustainable Population Step 1: Know that #Population growth can be slowed, stopped and reversed, voluntarily and ethically buff.ly/2FD7e6m #Sustainability #climatechange #familyplanning #publichealth
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Population Matters@PopnMatters4 Feb 2018
#DidYouKnow? It took until the early 1800s for 🌎 #population to reach 1 bilion. Now we add 1 billion every 12-15 years. This is why small families matter buff.ly/2GJ7p1q
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Every year England loses an area of countryside the size of Leicester. (Source From @CPRE)
If the whole world had the population density of England, there would be 61,050,000,000 people on the planet! (61 Billion.)
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Population Matters@PopnMatters8 Oct 2017
Did you know? It took until the early 1800s for 🌎 #population to reach 1bn. Now we add a billion every 12-15 years. buff.ly/2y5D1MN
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Homes for a million new people arriving from overseas needs to be found every three years in the UK.
More people live in the UK than any other EU country except Germany... telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/…
UK has had fastest growing population in Europe for a decade

UK has had fastest growing population in Europe for a decade

Fastest growth in Europe takes UK population to 64.1 million with half of the increase since 1964 in the last 12 years alone, ONS figures show

telegraph.co.uk
Putting this into perspective... thats 4.3 Norwich's EVERY YEAR! dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Councils to be ordered to build more homes under reforms

Councils to be ordered to build more homes under reforms

Areas where homes are more expensive will be asked to build more houses, according to reforms outlined today by Cabinet Minister Sajid Javid.

dailymail.com
Found this so interesting! Explains a huge amount without the emotional conflict! fullfact.org/economy/UK_gend…
Do women earn less than men in the UK? – Full Fact

Do women earn less than men in the UK? – Full Fact

In 2017, the median hourly wage for women working full time was about 9.1% less than the median hourly wage for men (excluding overtime). That’s £1.32 less per hour.

fullfact.org
Yet an argument is that migrate workers are good for everyone. Let's think about more than money! nitter.gq/UNmigration/status/900…
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@UNmigration23 Aug 2017
The #migrants were found "laying on and within pallets of broccoli lined with a thin sheet of ice." bbc.com/news/world-us-canada…
Sixty migrants found locked in icy truck on US-Mexico border

Sixty migrants found locked in icy truck on US-Mexico border

The migrants were found lying on sheets of ice by border patrol agents in Texas.

bbc.com
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Charlie@charliesinsight24 Jul 2017
#GreenBrexit Farmers will only get payouts if they agree to protect the environment and enhance rural life bbc.co.uk/news/amp/40673559
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Isnt Burghley Horse Trials basically already Tory Glastonbury?
This is a nobleness you don't often see on twitter... nitter.gq/Nigel_Farage/status/86…
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@Nigel_Farage29 May 2017
I may not agree with @jeremycorbyn but he came across as being totally sincere. Paxman didn't score any goals .
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Population Matters@PopnMatters22 May 2017
Perhaps the most important message of all: fertility CAN be brought down - ethically, effectively and sustainably
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Nice summary of #brexit stances. Seems fairly unbiased. nitter.gq/GreenRobTelford/status…
Who are you voting for and who did you vote for last time?
Extremely interesting overview of migration statistics. Note the Margin of error of 40,000! migrationobservatory.ox.ac.u…
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