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I'm still unsure as to what you are trying to prove by cherry-picking population movements for a random year. What's the link to economic performance? You haven't stated any nor have you proven anything by those stats other than what was the net migration for 2007. For the last time...

I do get what you're saying but simply put, I think you are wrong to say that immigration is a prerequisite to economic growth and I've stated the reasons why I think you are wrong. I've also pointed out that I fully understand that capitalist countries bring in workers at all skill levels and...

They are most certainly not the only "Western" country with strict immigration policies and as someone else has said is not a typical "Western" nation either. And you cannot link the ageing population/population decrease with strict immigration. Italy and Spain for instance has some of the...

Err...no. Once again, not necessarily. If mortality rates drop at a lower rate than fertility rates then you can still have increased economic growth. And you can't simply link immigration to economic growth because there are different types of immigration and these have different impacts on...

Not necessarily true, I'm afraid. In fact most studies have found that as a country develops in terms of GDP and technology that fertility rates fall but also mortality rates fall too. We have fewer children but live/work longer.

This photo of a statue of Charles De Gaulle that I took in Bucharest last month ties together all the important things from this thread.

Oh, and the Agincourt Museum director (a Frenchman) has gone on record as describing the English actions as 'war crimes'. The English were 'barbaric' apparently - his words, but he's French so would say that.

So we agree. Expediency rather suggests that Henry wasn't too bothered about the gentleman's agreement about captured knights. I must confess that I agree with him. I wouldn't want Johnny Frenchman wreaking havoc with my rear either.

Ah, now one of the main factors in an English win at Agincourt was that the Froggie armour was very heavy and their knights had to wade through very thick mud and the French being French they weren't very well organised, so despite their greater numbers the English could pick them off with ease...

Yes. YES! See - this chap, Strings, gets it. British insults for British people.

HANGED. Meat and pictures are hung, people are HANGED*. *awaits obligatory well-hanged knob gags.

That picture really pisses me off. Why do British people insist on giving the one finger when a classic flick of the Vs is infinitely more satisfying? Can everyone do a little experiment for me? Go onto the internet and find a picture of Sepp Blatter and flick him the one finger and then...