Brexit

I spotted some pictures on Twitter recently, people having hour long queues at airports (Amsterdam was one, I believe) getting through passport control.

The poster had complained: “This was not the Brexit I voted for”.

I found myself saying out loud: oh yes it was.

And it’s not temporary, it’s forever…

Travel

There was someone on the tv recently talking about travel post-Brexit.

Yes, we left, kind of, last Friday. There were celebrations in the streets. I am saying nothing.

So, our passports have EU on them, and we’re not any more, so they are technically invalid. We all have to buy new passports that are the old blue (representing Brtiannia ruling the waves) at enormous cost to us.

So the expert was saying that the old passports should be OK for now. “Should”? Apparently, no-one really knows and you may get problems, but you should not.

Duty free allowances I suppose have changed too.

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Election

Tomorrow in the UK is election day, your chance to participate in the running of the country. It’s not for me to say who you should vote for, but think about a couple of things:

If you don’t vote, then don’t complain about the result afterwards. And remember that there are plenty of people who would love to vote but are not able to.

And if you do vote, and your choice gets into power and they immediately withdraw their promises and let everyone down, then it will be on your conscience for evermore.

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