There’s plenty more space for humanity on this ‘tiny’ island

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Reports of our booming population are predictably being used to spout bigotry on immigration. A lack of room is the least of Britain’s problems.

By 2039, the Office for National Statistics expects the UK population to be 74.3 million, an increase that is accounted for, in almost exactly equal par...