Bari Weiss
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And productivity growth from 2019 to 2023 was 1.5 percent. And just as a point of comparison, it was 7.6 percent in the U.S. It's not the liberals that are responsible for this state of affairs. It's the conservatives. How did that happen?
You think of conservative parties, not just in the UK, but just more generally, as the party of growth, of free markets, of, you know, all the things that we know. How'd that happen?
You think of conservative parties, not just in the UK, but just more generally, as the party of growth, of free markets, of, you know, all the things that we know. How'd that happen?
You think of conservative parties, not just in the UK, but just more generally, as the party of growth, of free markets, of, you know, all the things that we know. How'd that happen?
My point is like the socialists aren't responsible.
My point is like the socialists aren't responsible.
My point is like the socialists aren't responsible.
Let's talk about just immigration a little bit more deeply and just put some numbers to this because it's pretty unbelievable. Net migration to the UK hit a record high of nearly a million last year. 11 million migrants have come into the UK since 2012. The population is only 68 million people. That is 16% of the population in the last 12 years.
Let's talk about just immigration a little bit more deeply and just put some numbers to this because it's pretty unbelievable. Net migration to the UK hit a record high of nearly a million last year. 11 million migrants have come into the UK since 2012. The population is only 68 million people. That is 16% of the population in the last 12 years.
Let's talk about just immigration a little bit more deeply and just put some numbers to this because it's pretty unbelievable. Net migration to the UK hit a record high of nearly a million last year. 11 million migrants have come into the UK since 2012. The population is only 68 million people. That is 16% of the population in the last 12 years.
Big picture, and then we'll get into some of the details. How has this changed the fabric of British society?
Big picture, and then we'll get into some of the details. How has this changed the fabric of British society?
Big picture, and then we'll get into some of the details. How has this changed the fabric of British society?
In other words, they come in, they get on the National Health Service and... But also...
In other words, they come in, they get on the National Health Service and... But also...
In other words, they come in, they get on the National Health Service and... But also...
And doing it under the guise of civil rights language.
And doing it under the guise of civil rights language.
And doing it under the guise of civil rights language.
Just to stick on immigration for a minute, I was really struck by this number. 54% of people crossing the English Channel by boat are from five countries. Afghanistan, Iran, Eritrea, Syria, and Sudan. You have said many times numbers matter. In other words, labor markets matter, economics matter, what we were just talking about. But culture matters more. That's right.