The New Net Zero Resistance is Doomed to Fail
4 October 2024
by Ben Pile
News Round-Up
4 October 2024
Immigration fuelled the biggest rise in the population in England and Wales for at least 75 years – almost 610,000 in a year – the ONS revealed today.
Women have more choice than ever before and no one would want to change that, says David McGrogan. But the fact that so many choose not to have children presents humanity with huge problems. Can anything change their mind?
Arctotherium challenges established fertility theories by proposing that the Baby Boom was driven by a marriage boom, prompting a reassessment of demographic challenges and suggestions for what can be done.
Under the Irish Government's Project Ireland 2040 the country is set to welcome one million migrants, an influx that will leave the native Irish a minority within 40 years. Is the public okay with that, asks David Craig.
Across Europe, births have been below replacement level for decades, leading to ageing societies that increasingly struggle to support their elderly populations and maintain a good standard of living. What's behind it?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak admitted immigration is "too high" as he faced a backlash over figures laying bare record numbers arriving in the country – 1.2 million total, 606,000 net in 2022.
Pope Francis has told millennials to stop being "selfish and egotistical" and to start families instead of having pets. Philip Pilkington agrees, adding that immigration is a Ponzi scheme that cannot solve the crisis.
When Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Rishi Sunak this week, on her agenda were two issues that she believes threaten Europe most: the illegal migrant boat crisis and Europe’s plummeting fertility rate.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast, the talking points are the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal by Twitter in cahoots with the Democrats, Kanye praising Hitler and England's fast-changing demographics.
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