Why isn't it government policy to support a replacement birth rate ?

The state is happy to lecture us on our beliefs, life style, recycling, how much wine Boris Johnston is allowed to drink etc. So why is there no government policy to encourage a replacement birth rate ?

Too often you hear the immigration will make up the difference line.

Does anyone really want this policy ? Why can't we have a policy of encouraging a higher birth rate that will give a stable population ?

I some times fear that the left is really racist and hates the inhabitants of this country and would rather see them all die out. I'm going to call this passive racism - why should the left get to make all the Newspeak anyway ? ( Yes - I can think of why, but soon they'll rearrange the dictionary to make that impossible.)

( Context: The BBC reports birth rate up to 1.87 from 1.8 - both below replacement levels. But argues it won't continue for long as this is mostly female graduates from the 80's having kids, who's education delayed there choice to have a family. )

Update: What the BBC doesn't tells us is that one fifth of the increase is from mothers born abroad. See the Daily Telegraph here. They go on to remind us that Mohammed is about to become the most popular boys name in the UK.

Now why would the BBC omit that fact, but go on to emphasise older female graduates being mothers later ? Do they think we live in some strage reality where the truth becomes whatever they tell us ?

IMHO: The BBC only tells us what they think we should hear and know so as to agree with them.

Rumour Alert:: Iain Dale's Diary: EXCLUSIVE: Has the Government Gagged the Beeb?

Iain Dale's Diary: EXCLUSIVE: Has the Government Gagged the Beeb?
and you get 3 guesses to what it might be about ( but you'll need only one. )

This is either just a rumour - or its going to leak on the net soon. I'm off to search for it ... (adding updates to this blog as I go ..)

Update: John Hurst has some ideas here....
and Luke Akehurst's blog here - he doesn't know any more - but plays it well in an eye catching blog, for a Leftie.


Further comment:

If Lord Goldsmith is protecting the 'rights' of a member of Tony Blair's staff then they get better treatment than the general public do. Who can forget the man alledged to have sent the parcel bombs to various offices lately. The cameras were outside his home within hours telling us he 'live with his mother' ( as all TV psycho's do ) - doesn't that impact the chance of a fair trial ?

Its one rule for the socialist rulers and another for their victims. Strangely my son is on the Socialist Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) for indoctrinating children (BBC Schools). He's been looking at Elizabeth Fry and how people without connections get sent to prison but not the well connected "Toffs". Go play yourself if you don't believe me ... go here - choose Elizabeth Fry then click on the Prison Game.. ( Afterwards tell me what has changed .. since ). Maybe I should use Net Nanny to block the BBC site from my children.


Maybe Leo could show Tony this site also ?

Update: The BBC just reported on the radio that no one had yet been charged ... so that's the end of that rumour.

Update: Iain Dale now thinks its to do with an email incriminating someone, and has a name in mind - but for reasons of justifiable caution isn't saying yet. The blog feeding frenzy will continue until we find out ....

Update: Benedict White of A Conservative's Blog seems to know what he's talking about legally - worth a read to see how things may go over the next few days.

Update: Static Squid tries to reason things out here - and he also knows that "The verb from injunction is not 'injunct'; it is 'enjoin'. So the BBC has not been injuncted, it has been enjoined." So he is at least spreading some light on the debate !

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