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A selection of recent media reports

IMMIGRATION? NOT A WORRY FOR HOME SECRETARY
HOME Secretary Alan Johnson blew apart the Governments border control policy last night by admitting that Britains population could soar above 70million.
Daily Express (15-Jul-2009)

Rise in foreign births 'to blame for primary school crisis'
A rise in the birthrate among foreign families is putting significant squeeze on primary school places, according to MPs. By Graeme Paton Published: 12:01AM BST 15 Jul 2009 Extra pressure on reception classes in September is a "direct result of mass immigration" into the United Kingdom, it was claimed.
Telegraph.co.uk (15-Jul-2009)

I won't put a cap on immigration vows the Home Secretary
Home Secretary Alan Johnson last night refused point blank to cap the number of immigrants coming to Britain. And he said he does not 'lie awake at night' worrying about the population hitting 70million.
Daily Mail (15-Jul-2009)

Griffin lets loose on first day in 'wasteful circus' of the EU
The newly-elected neo-Fascists came swaggering into the European Parliament yesterday, the institution they have vowed to abolish, on their first day as MEPs.
The Independent (15-Jul-2009)

GB-IRELAND PASSPORT PLAN IS SHELVED
The UK Government has climbed down over plans to force people to show their passports when travelling between Britain and Ireland.
Daily Express (14-Jul-2009)

Our exploding population is the gravest threat Britain faces today
For most of my professional life, I have derided the population alarmists. Those who spent the past few decades warning that there were far too many people in Britain and the wider world had always struck me as shrill, their arguments flawed at best and downright racist at worst.
The Mail On Sunday (14-Jul-2009)

Alan Johnson: 'I don't lose sleep over prospect of 70m population'
Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, has said he does not "lie awake at night" worrying that the population is going to hit 70million. By Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor Published: 8:36PM BST 14 Jul 2009 Critics have warned that current growth means the population will increase by nine million to hit the...
Telegraph.co.uk (14-Jul-2009)

Lesbian drug dealer's human rights 'will be violated' if deported home to Jamaica
A Jamaican drug dealer is claiming her human rights as a lesbian will be violated if she is made to go home at the end of her sentence. In an episode that has all the hallmarks of a steamy plot line for prison drama Bad Girls, the woman had a boyfriend before being imprisoned but has had a series of lesbian..
Daily Mail (14-Jul-2009)