Are you excited by the new blue British passports (made in Poland)?

[A380]

When my current passport expires I’m going to buy one of these covers:

 

[Steel Icarus]

How do you feel.part of the "European Community"? Genuine q.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

found this - any takers?

not sure wtf the flag is supposed to be

 

[A380]

How do you feel.part of the "European Community"? Genuine q.

A common heritage of 2500 years of shared history, culture and values - good and bad. 52 years of visiting and having friends and lovers from there. Not that there aren’t elements of North American, Chinese, and African cultures I love ( and hate) but Europe is where I feel at home. Including the bit of Europe - Bedford where I currently live.


Also, Farrage is a cunt who looks like a frog.

 

[MickiQ]

A common heritage of 2500 years of shared history, culture and values - good and bad. 52 years of visiting and having friends and lovers from there. Not that there aren’t elements of North American, Chinese, and African cultures I love ( and hate) but Europe is where I feel at home. Including the bit of Europe - Bedford where I currently live.


Also, Farrage is a cunt who looks like a frog.

You had me at the frog reference the rest was unnecessary

 

[TopCat]

Considering he went out to social media to try and excuse himself, I suspect he would have led with that but didn't. And if he had done that it would have painted him in an even worse light, her Dad publicly blaming her Mum for being as bad a parent as he is wouldn't do much for any kid's self image

I have no idea knowing nothing about it at all.

 

[danny la rouge]

I haven’t read the bad dad airport story, but I feel certain he’s a cunt and so is his ex.

 

[A380]

I have no idea knowing nothing about it at all.

You’ve been on Urban for 18 years, and yet you post this... You should be making sweeping authoritative judgements on the case.

 

[TopCat]

Well if the ex wife loved her daughter unconditionally she would have checked and ensured the paperwork was in order.

However she was so focused on her kid being snatched away by his fancy woman that she could not see it was in her interest to make sure all went ok. How else for a bit of me time, pinot grigio time, lover time? They had to leave the country.

Now she has crying daughter for the whole half term , the supermarket rags are ringing her for the inside story and her lover wont answer his what's app.

 

[TopCat]

You’ve been on Urban for 18 years, and yet you post this... You should be making sweeping authoritative judgements on the case.

I had another go and put my back into it.

 

[klang]

Women in Yemen used to have a little cloth veil covering their face on their ID. Only a female official was allowed to look behind the veil to check the identity.

 

[A380]

I had another go and put my back into it.

Better. Could have been improved by taking an arbitrary but didactic line about one of the people involved being cyclists.

 

[brogdale]

Priti Patel said she “cannot wait” to travel on the new blue British passport. How about you?


Fact: they could have been blue when we were in the EU, but Britain chose to the red colour.


Personally I couldn't give a flying fuck what colour my passport is so long as it gives me free and unhindered passage where I want to go. Oh wait, it was only the red one that permitted that around Europe....

I know that our old passports always used to say "British Passport" on the front, but having now got used to having the name of the state on the front (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) it seems slightly odd to retreat back from such a specific delineation. Especially given that considerable minorities resident within the UK do not consider themselves to be British. Obviously a political choice made by the Johnson regime.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I know that our old passports always used to say "British Passport" on the front, but having now got used to having the name of the state on the front (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) it seems slightly odd to retreat back from such a specific delineation. Especially given that considerable minorities resident within the UK do not consider themselves to be British. Obviously a political choice made by the Johnson regime.

I assume it's future proofing to ensure that when Norn fucks off and joins Ireland the passport title makes sense.

'United' part of United Kingdom is also a lie to large to sell even for this lot.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I know that our old passports always used to say "British Passport" on the front, but having now got used to having the name of the state on the front (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) it seems slightly odd to retreat back from such a specific delineation. Especially given that considerable minorities resident within the UK do not consider themselves to be British. Obviously a political choice made by the Johnson regime.

The new one does still say United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the cover?

And not really sure that any country should alter the name of their passport to accommodate the sensibilities of citizens who choose not to feel themselves to be of the country of their citizenship..? /gammon

 

[Poot]

Well if the ex wife loved her daughter unconditionally she would have checked and ensured the paperwork was in order.

However she was so focused on her kid being snatched away by his fancy woman that she could not see it was in her interest to make sure all went ok. How else for a bit of me time, pinot grigio time, lover time? They had to leave the country.

Now she has crying daughter for the whole half term , the supermarket rags are ringing her for the inside story and her lover wont answer his what's app.

Well the point I made earlier is, why should she be responsible for an expensive passport if they never go abroad? They're Americans. Passports amongst Americans are like hens' teeth, as we know. She didn't hide it, she just didn't check how long was left on it because she wasn't the one booking the foreign holiday. The one booking the holiday really needs to check these things.

 

[skyscraper101]

The new one does still say United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the cover?

And not really sure that any country should alter the name of their passport to accommodate the sensibilities of citizens who choose not to feel themselves to be of the country of their citizenship..? /gammon

Either way It does seem a bit superfluous to be putting 'British Passport' on the top, and then 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' on the bottom. Most countries seem content with not having to define the nationality of the passport twice.

I guess I just prefer cleaner design (though Switzerland were always going to win on that front).

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Either way It does seem a bit superfluous to be putting 'British Passport' on the top, and then 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' on the bottom. Most countries seem content with not having to define the nationality of the passport twice.

I guess I just prefer cleaner design (though Switzerland were always going to win on that front).

I guess not that many countries are made up of various other countries though. But really struggling to give much of a fuck about a travel document.

 

[Spymaster]

Well the point I made earlier is, why should she be responsible for an expensive passport if they never go abroad? They're Americans. Passports amongst Americans are like hens' teeth, as we know. She didn't hide it, she just didn't check how long was left on it because she wasn't the one booking the foreign holiday. The one booking the holiday really needs to check these things.

Well they clearly did go abroad if she had a soon to expire passport. And why would the father, who she doesn’t live with, be responsible for buying her passport as well as the holiday? When you’ve bought tickets for friends did you check their passports too?

 

[skyscraper101]

Weirdly I'm kind of obsessed by keeping mine in pristine condition.

One thing that always irks me is seeing battered up old passports all scratched up with the cover logo emblem and text worn away so I use one of these plastic covers which I got for a quid.

 

[Spymaster]

I assume it's future proofing to ensure that when Norn fucks off and joins Ireland the passport title makes sense.

'United' part of United Kingdom is also a lie to large to sell even for this lot.

It still says UKoGBaNI.

I actually don’t see why they need the superfluous BRITISH PASSPORT though. It’s just chucking a wanker sign at Europe. Bit childish.

 

[Poot]

Well they clearly did go abroad if she had a soon to expire passport. And why would the father, who she doesn’t live with, be responsible for buying her passport as well as the holiday? When you’ve bought tickets for friends did you check their passports too?

There's a difference between being someone's friend and being their parent. My son is fourteen. He wouldn't have a fucking clue whether his passport is valid. It occurred to me the other day to check. Do you know why? Because I was thinking of booking a holiday. I looked in the cupboard. If he lived with his dad, I'd have asked his dad. It's not rocket science.

 

[Spymaster]

There's a difference between being someone's friend and being their parent. My son is fourteen. He wouldn't have a fucking clue whether his passport is valid. It occurred to me the other day to check. Do you know why? Because I was thinking of booking a holiday. I looked in the cupboard. If he lived with his dad, I'd have asked his dad. It's not rocket science.

Everything you say applies equally to the mother though. Just because she wasn’t booking the trip doesn’t mean she had no responsibility. The child lives with her, she’s given her permission for her to travel, she’s probably packed her bags and kissed her goodbye, maybe taken her to the airport. Why wouldn’t she check her passport’s valid?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Weirdly I'm kind of obsessed by keeping mine in pristine condition.

One thing that always irks me is seeing battered up old passports all scratched up with the cover logo emblem and text worn away so I use one of these plastic covers which I got for a quid.

You’d hate my passport.

But not as much as my one from the 90’s that got soaked in lager causing all the visa stamps to run...

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I think both the mum and the dad should have checked the passport validity. They are both at fault.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Does it really matter. Shit happens, people fucked up. It's how you deal with it and imo dealing with it by leaving daughter from previous relationship at airport to fly off on hol with step mum and step kids is pretty fucking horrific parenting.

 

[Spymaster]

Does it really matter. Shit happens, people fucked up. It's how you deal with it and imo dealing with it by leaving daughter from previous relationship at airport to fly off on hol with step mum and step kids is pretty fucking horrific parenting.

Yes, but we’ve already established that you’re wrong about this.

 

[Poot]

Everything you say applies equally to the mother though. Just because she wasn’t booking the trip doesn’t mean she had no responsibility. The child lives with her, she’s given her permission for her to travel, she’s probably packed her bags and kissed her goodbye, maybe taken her to the airport. Why wouldn’t she check her passport’s valid?

Yeah yeah, the fact that a distraught 14 year old gets left at an airport by her father is entirely the fault of her mother for some reason. You win.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Yes, but we’ve already established that you’re wrong about this.

One person's wrong is another person's not being a shit dad I suppose

 

[Proper Tidy]

Weekend dads get a pass on the trivial stuff like documents or emotional welfare