Life expectancy increased in the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s yet the population only rose by 2m. Now we can talk about worker/dependent ratios but that's another issue and also with other pos… (View Post)

I've just addressed that point. Ratcliffe is correct that the UK's population has increased by 12m, he just has the timescale wrong and used 2020 instead of 2000. Now could you look back to… (View Post)

He is right on the fundamental point that the UK population has increased by 12m. Anyone thinking that doesn't matter because Ratcliffe said 2020 instead of 2000 is missing the wood for the tree… (View Post)

A student can be enrolled on a course but not necessarily spending any time doing the course and even if they are turning up only once or twice a month some courses have very few formal hours and eve… (View Post)

Its possible that some of them don't even bother doing the course but take out the loan, get a job and then disappear into the black economy. (View Post)