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>if we're short of land to do this we can always use golf courses for farming!

I really would not like to have to test the UK's government on security of food supply vs love of golf courses. I suspect I already know the answer to that one and it comes in a variety of pastel tones.

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Remember reading somewhere that in the UK we use roughly the same amount to land for golf courses as we do for housing.

Of course not all golf courses are suitable for farming but I'm sure there's plenty in Surrey that are!

That's pretty dodgy. It only includes land with actual bricks and mortar on it, not including land with residential use such as drives, paths and patios let alone gardens. Even then the land used by golf courses was probably overestimated by about 2x.

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