According to the ONS, the total fertility rate in the UK has been below the replacement rate of 2.1 since before 1980. Immigration is what has been sustaining (

According to the ONS, the total fertility rate in the UK has been below the replacement rate of 2.1 since before 1980. Immigration is what has been sustaining (and growing) the population. I think the current impact on the environment demonstrates that we need to (slowly) reduce our population - UK included. However, according to the statistics, we can maintain a certain level of immigration while also reducing our population - and in fact need to do so to avoid an age pyramid that is so far inverted such that it causes great economic problems. So while I agree with you that immigration ought to be restricted such that we don't continue population growth, we don't actually need to reduce it by much to make that the case. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/articles/overviewoftheukpopulation/august2019 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populati...