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Census 2011

Kunle · 2011-01-05 10:21:23

Is it just me that thinks this is a total waste of money? Why do we have a census so often in this country? we had one in 2002,2006 and now again in 2011, most other countries only have a census every 10 years. Isnt the census a very outdated method ? There is talk of it being abolished in the Uk.

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#152 10-06-2011 12:09PM

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Classic sovereign Britain - wish we had the backbone they have

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#153 11-06-2011 12:06AM

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Oasis_Dublin wrote: »

Classic sovereign Britain - wish we had the backbone they have

and the credit rating?

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#154 11-06-2011 04:21PM

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MadsL wrote: »

and the credit rating?

One can only dream...

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#155 11-06-2011 04:31PM

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Interesting that the McDonnell Douglas who undertake the census in the UK came under cyber attack recently. Our census is also done by a US military contractor so you have to wonder are we putting our data unnecessarily in the cyber firing line.

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