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  • The population of Oldham is 242k. 0.7% of that is ~ 1,700 people. It seems possible that some of these people would be relatively geographically concentrated and there would be streets where a relatively low percentage of people speak English.

    That's the borough. The town is less than 100k.

    700 people, a short street of 40 houses with 3 in each house is 120. That would have to be a very tight distribution. Esp in Oldham, with a large 1st or 2nd generation immigrants who are spread across the town.

    The quote is "I could take you to streets in Oldham right now where no one speaks English" so more than one street. Doesn't seem plausible to me.

    Even if you find a street where all adults don't speak English, it's unlikely that there won't be at least one school age child there who doesn't speak English.

    It's just dog whistle nonsense.

  • I'd wager good money that Farage has never been to Oldham in his life. I bet he couldn't even locate it on a map.

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