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Recent political stuff:
- The vote to see if Britain should adopt Alternative Voting has failed.
- Lib Dems lose lots of councils and councillors, whilst Labour make the majority of the gains in England.
- The Scottish National Party do really well in the elections.
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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 3rd 2023 at 11:15:30 AM
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
Nah, there should be some unity, if only for easy identification. Also You mean something like this?
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I prefer a bit of individuality but yes like that only a bit shinier with the images in gold.
So we're trading the power our passports currently have for blue covers.
Seems fair.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Oh, bother.
Blue covers that the UK could have had anyway without leaving the EU.
Yup. Croatia has blue. So where is this idea that we were forced to have red coming from?
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Politicians claiming so and people being gullible enough to believe it?
So the same Ass Pull as everything else Vote Leave spouted?
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Basically.
Welcome to Estalia, gentlemen.
A small history lesson:
The burgundy and gold EU passport was designed by the British.
The old British blue passport was imposed on the British by the League of Nations.
edited 7th Apr '18 9:36:50 AM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
So the British government is so incompetent right now that they can't even get showing off their Independence right?
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This is the same group with a hateboner for the human rights act, who equate the unrelated human rights courts with the EU, and totally forget that it was written by a Conservative.
(Universal Declaration of Human Rights? I forget.)
edited 22nd Dec '17 5:23:36 PM by RainehDaze
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Oh wow. People on Twitter seem to be getting so triggered by the idea that someone doesn't think a blue passport is the greatest thing in the history of ever.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
It's been almost 30 years. People quite like burgundy as a colour. It's not rocket science.
I quite liked the new passports when they were phased in. Not as big, easier to wipe in case of accident, they had way more pages and burgundy is just as official a colour as navy. The old ones were inflexible pains, but could take more rough handling. That was about the only thing in their favour.
As a Hongkonger, British Nationalism, to many, is infuriating. (Aside from the hardline populists waving colonial flags, most of the locals do not have fond memories of the colonial era.)
I always thought it looked better in burgundy anyway.
edited 23rd Dec '17 1:41:30 AM by TheWildWestPyro
What's also weird is that after how long we've had the "THE END OF FOM IS A RED LINE THAT WE WILL TOLERATE NO DEVIATION ON" spiel people are getting angry at the suggestion that they might not have the same visa-free travel arrangements with the EU post Brexit and that we'll have to go through the "rest of the world" line at passport control, or that they won't have the ability to live, work and study anywhere in the union.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
A procrastination in of itself
They wanted FOM ended for other people, not Brits. Those that knew we had FOM for us anyway, I know Brexiters who had to have it explained to them that FOM worked both ways and that they or their kid could go work in an EU country the same as an EU citizen could come work over here.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
EU dismisses May's claim blue passports are sovereignty statement
edited 23rd Dec '17 11:12:46 AM by DrunkenNordmann
Welcome to Estalia, gentlemen.
There is a rude awakening awaiting the Brits. A lot of what they take for guaranteed is about to vanish.
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The whole Brexit process is Didn't Think This Through from the start.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
That's what happens when the whole thing is sold to you based on a pack of lies.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
The Remain campaign lasted for four months. The Brexit campaign lasted for forty years.
edited 7th Apr '18 9:38:10 AM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
Given what we're seeing now, doesn't that just mean they Didn't Think This Through for four decades?
Oh, bother.
There was a whole tweet chain and even a You Tube vid compilation of said chain about how a lot of the things the Leave campaign claimed were reasons to leave the EU were originally the UK’s ideas.
And according to Wyld, that even applies to the burgundy passports.
Disgusted, but not surprised
Figure of Hourai
The people behind it are those insulated from the effects, or who regard them as ultimately beneficial.
RE Passport Colour: Personally I think people should be able to choose the colour of their passports. I have always thought they would look good in black leather.
edited 22nd Dec '17 7:35:22 AM by SebastianGray
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