Not read this piece yet, but it's the second time someone's posted that "1 in every 25" number and I don't see how that can be right? 4.5m times either 25 or 24 (whichever way you're meant to do it) makes 108-112.5m people? That's about 40m too many I think
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…
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
And do please come back and explain it to the arithmetically-challenged (me)
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…
That's how I first read it, then confused myself. Thanks for clarifying. That's an impressive statistic.