benrobertsmith

More people left the UK last year than in any year since current
records began in 1991. Figures are from the Office for National
Statistics (ONS).

* 385,000 people left the UK for the long term in the year to
mid-2006.

* Long-term migration into the UK, meanwhile, was 574,000.

* Overall, the population of the country rose 0.6% in the year to
60,587,000.

* A quarter of babies born in the UK now have a foreign mother or
father.

* The data showed there were a record number of people aged over 85,
with a six per cent increase to 1,243,000.

* The number of people of retirement age also rose by one per cent to
11,344,000.

* London's population has increased by a total of 56,000, now standing
at 7,512,370.

* There were 159,000 more births than deaths in the last 12 months.

Don Moody

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> More people left the UK last year than in any year since current
> records began in 1991. Figures are from the Office for National
> Statistics (ONS).
>
> * 385,000 people left the UK for the long term in the year to
> mid-2006.
>
> * Long-term migration into the UK, meanwhile, was 574,000.
>
> * Overall, the population of the country rose 0.6% in the year to
> 60,587,000.
>
> * A quarter of babies born in the UK now have a foreign mother or
> father.
>
> * The data showed there were a record number of people aged over 85,
> with a six per cent increase to 1,243,000.
>
> * The number of people of retirement age also rose by one per cent
> to
> 11,344,000.
>
> * London's population has increased by a total of 56,000, now
> standing
> at 7,512,370.
>
> * There were 159,000 more births than deaths in the last 12 months.
>

Exactly what was the point of posting this to soc.genealogy.britain?
It has no genealogical content. If it is some daft political comment
about an influx of 'foreigners' it says nothing new. We are all
mongrelised descendants of waves of immigrants to 'britain' stretching
from the present back to the distant past. Genealogy is not about the
statistics of those waves. It is about individual descent, as far as
it may be known anyway. Stats are wholly irrelevant to single cases.

Don

-Jeff

Don Moody wrote:
>
> Exactly what was the point of posting this to soc.genealogy.britain?
> It has no genealogical content. If it is some daft political comment
> about an influx of 'foreigners' it says nothing new. We are all
> mongrelised descendants of waves of immigrants to 'britain' stretching
> from the present back to the distant past. Genealogy is not about the
> statistics of those waves. It is about individual descent, as far as
> it may be known anyway. Stats are wholly irrelevant to single cases.
>
> Don
>
>

The post was in total compliance with the Usenet Charter of the s.g.b

"The scope of the group reflects language, history, migrations, and the
realities of researching public records and genealogical data archives,
and includes questions of local customs and history, or of regional or
national history which affected the lives of these people and which are
difficult to research in the present. "

-Jim

Jeff wrote:
> Don Moody wrote:
>>
>> Exactly what was the point of posting this to soc.genealogy.britain?
>> It has no genealogical content. If it is some daft political comment
>> about an influx of 'foreigners' it says nothing new. We are all
>> mongrelised descendants of waves of immigrants to 'britain' stretching
>> from the present back to the distant past. Genealogy is not about the
>> statistics of those waves. It is about individual descent, as far as
>> it may be known anyway. Stats are wholly irrelevant to single cases.
>>
>> Don
>>
>
> The post was in total compliance with the Usenet Charter of the s.g.b
>
> "The scope of the group reflects language, history, migrations, and the
> realities of researching public records and genealogical data archives,
> and includes questions of local customs and history, or of regional or
> national history which affected the lives of these people and which are
> difficult to research in the present. "

Indeed it does meet the basic charter requirements. The question is of
what value the post serves. There is no request for assistance or
information. It is not a reply to another lister. It merely states a
series of facts that are easily obtainable elsewhere for those looking
for the information. Therefore it would seem to also fit the definition
of spam.

Jim