What is the biggest reason immigration anger's you? Why are we all so mad?

[the2real4mafol]

RedInker said:

the2real4mafol said:

RedInker said:
As long as they come to work then Im not bothered by immigration. With an aging population we need more workers. The UK could easily handle a population of 100 million with proper planning.

We would have to import so much more food if we had that many people. about 3/4 of the UK is used for farmland already. To have another 40 odd million people we would have to use a decent amount of that farmland for cities unless we started chopping down our remaining forests. Not like it's possible for many of them to go to Scotland, most of it is mountains or lakes. You are right that it is possible with proper planning but i think it would stretch our needs a bit in terms of food, water, energy and services and also put too much pressure on our land. 

 We wouldn't need to build on that much more land to be honest. Currntly only 6.8 percent of UK land is built on. There is a load of brownfield sites that could be knocked down and redeveloped. Food wise we would import more but I would also imagine that people would be strongly encouraged to only buy food that they will actually eat. We are all guilty of buying a load of food and then throwing it out because we didn't eat it. Fruit and veg is usually what I end up throwing out. Japan has a population of over 100 million and doesnt have much land for farming, they have no problem feeding their citizens. Water shouldn't be a problem. As an Island if we build some desalinisation plants we won't ever be short of water.

I understand we could sustain that many people but would we want to? Overcrowding is a huge problem in Japan. And i agree food waste is a problem but this is true among much of the developed world unfortuantely.