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From The Current Issue Of Private Eye
‘The world population is now 6.7bn, roughly double what is was when I was born. If I live to be in my mid-eighties, then it will have trebled within my lifetime....I simply cannot understand why no one discusses this impending calamity, and why no world statesmen have the guts to treat the issue with the seriousness it deserves. How the hell can we witter on about tackling global warming, and reducing consumption, when we are continuing to add so relentlessly to the number of consumers? The answer is politics, and political cowardice....we seem to have given up on population control.’
Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph, 25 October 2007
(Earlier this week, Boris’s wife announced that she is pregnant with his 7th child – this helpful info is from Hymie, not PE)
Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph, 25 October 2007
(Earlier this week, Boris’s wife announced that she is pregnant with his 7th child – this helpful info is from Hymie, not PE)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Overpopulation is not the whole story... if 8 billion are capable of living sustainably then there's no problem... the issue is that a relatively small fraction of the world population overconsumes our planet's resources to a degree that dwarves the rest...
Johnson is a hypocrite... he's estimated to have seven children and never answers when asked how many children he has...
Johnson is a hypocrite... he's estimated to have seven children and never answers when asked how many children he has...