Uncontrolled immigration is the hottest topic of our age. And hurling accusations of racism won't change that By Stephen Glover for the Daily Mail Published: 01:59, 10 October 2024 | Updated: 01:59, 10 October 2024 e-mail View comments Will it ever be possible to have an honest conversation in this country about mass immigration? There are some who would prefer us not to. On Tuesday the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) revealed that in the year to June 2023 the population of the United Kingdom grew by 1 per cent, or 662,400, to 68.
2 million people. This astounding annual increase, the largest since records began, was driven entirely by net migration. In fact, the resident population of the UK fell by 16,300 over this period because there were more deaths than births.
How did our State broadcaster, the BBC , deal with these extraordinary facts? Well, it reported on Tuesday’s BBC1 News at Six that the record rise in population was driven ‘mainly’ by net immigration, although in truth it was exclusively so. BBC Home Editor Mark Easton gave us the benefit of his thoughts. Whilst acknowledging that the population would have fallen without immigration, he looked forward with foreboding to what will happen if Tory visa rules curb the influx of immigrants.
In other words, what worries Mark isn’t the reality of mass migration but the prospect of the UK population declining if it abates. The implication was that this country needs large numbers of immigrants. It’s all a.