Presumably half the 4.5m have left already (as you would expect since the numbers measure arrivals, regardless of how long they plan to stay). Otherwise it would be 1 in 15 people which would surely be far too high…
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Ah right - yes if I do it the other way around then 1/25 of ~71m is about 2.8m... Still not sure what that means. I'll have to read the piece
aug 28, 2025, 2:45 pm • 0 0 • view
And do please come back and explain it to the arithmetically-challenged (me)
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It’s simply saying that of the 4.5 million who arrived during the last four years of the Tories, more than half are still here. As a result, one in 25 people in the country today arrived during those years…
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That's how I first read it, then confused myself. Thanks for clarifying. That's an impressive statistic.
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