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If you read all the papers then why is this not sourced?


I did source it, I just didn't provide links this time. Go dig out the old UK or danish reports or discussions of them from the time.

No links this time because I've posted on this topic dozens of times in the past over the years and was away from my bookmarks list at the time anyway. It didn't stop people flagging posts. They just pick fights with the sources or start making arguments long since resolved. There are whole websites devoted to explaining various aspects of what happened, look for Prof Norman Fenton's blog for an example if you want to get started.


The data set seems to be here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde...

Not sure what it implies, but there it is.


Not going to go and try to unearth it right now but everything he is saying about the figures coming out of England & Scotland is absolutely true, I saw it laid out on Twitter with links to the primary sources in real time.




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