Drink, eat and smoke: anything but grow old - The Telegraph 25th October 2007

Not for the first time in my life, and doubtless not for the last, I woke up yesterday morning feeling dazed and confused. Having felt deep shame and embarrassment on Tuesday because of our country's status as the fattest, drunkest, sickest and ugliest nation in Europe, I was now being told that our population is set to soar, in part because of immigration, but mostly because we are increasingly outstaying our welcome on Planet Earth. Refusing to die. Getting old.

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