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Originally Posted by Oliver_W
I'm "right wing" on things like taxation and spending; I don't think wanting controlled immigration is right wing as it has pros and cons for both sides, especially as in my case it's mostly for keeping the building over green spaces low...
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You're surely aware that immigration and the need for population increase are unrelated, though? The level of population increase has to remain steady or the value of the economy will drop. There's no avoiding it. If we cancel all EU immigration and UK birth rates don't increase to compensate then we
must allow increased net migration from elsewhere... there's no way around it... and no way around urban sprawl. Certainly not decreased immigration. In fact, migrants are LESS likely to populate low-density suburban residential areas and so arguably... allowing less EU movement could well
increase the spread of urban areas into current green land.