Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
If I'd had it at my nearest hospital in Middlesbrough, they'd have been dishing them out by the handful under May's bribe for northern leave areas.If you don't ask you don't get. Cutbacks
Is Brexit actually going to happen?
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danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
And more than that, it led to the unwarranted, unrelated posting of a racist image.
The “logic”, such as there was, appeared to be: “oh, a word. That reminds me of racism. Like this. *posts up racism*”.
Completely unacceptable.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Yeah, I'm not wild about the accusation made by posting the cartoon up - against urbanites, against leavers generally. But the CRI modus operandi is just as annoying, write 2 sentences, post up an inflammatory clip, rinse and repeat. When pressed to justify it, wheels comes off aplenty.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Who's they? the EU, the UK Govt, the people who campaigned for either leave or remain? clearly they didn't think about it anymore than they thought about the Irish border question either.So if it was that much of an issue for your friend, did they not think about this before?(I know my friend waited until a change in the law as before she would've had to give up her German passport and she wanted both.)
As my friend he never really thought about it either but then he never imagined this in his wildest dreams.
He went to the Berlin Office of our then mutual employer about fifteen years ago, the company actually asked for volunteers from our team. Being married with a young family I wasn't interested but he
was up for it and FoM meant he just packed his bags and rocked up on the doorstep in Berlin a week or so later.
He has (last time I spoke to him) applied for German citizenship and is hoping a) he gets it (though my information is probably out of date by now) and that b) some deal will be struck that will enable him to keep his British one. His employer has also told they will do everything they can to sort out work permits etc if needed but are funnily enough hindered by the fact they know as little as anyone else about what is going to happen, they're keen to keep him.
It's a worst case scenario obviously but there is a possibility that come the 30th March he will turn up for work and effectively be working illegally at the job he as done for the last 15 or so years.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
((((broggers))))Wish I hadn't used the phrase, now. Apols if I've led anyone astray.
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
That scene in Peterloo.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
There’s absolutely no way you could have known a word would have been plucked from your post and used to try to justify (where no justification exists) that non sequitur of a post from CRI .Wish I hadn't used the phrase, now. Apols if I've led anyone astray.
'They ' referred to your friend. Turning up at work on the 30th of March and not being able to work or whatever seems vanishingly unlikely. Hopefully his citizenship will be through by then though so it'll be less stressful for him.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Under Article 116 of Germany's constitution, known as the Basic Law,[8] anyone who had their German citizenship revoked during the Nazi regime for "political, racist, or religious reasons" may reobtain citizenship. The Article also includes the descendants of Nazi victims, and does not require them to give up the citizenship of their new home countries.[9]I'm confused... one of my sons has restored German citizenship (his grandad's was revoked by the Nazis) along with his original British citizenship. Does that mean he loses his German citizenship now? Surely not
This is from the Wikipedia article on German citizenship which my friend (who we will call S from now on since that is his initial) pointed me to when I responded WTF?? to his sorry tale
He is a Brummie born and bred the most recent German ancestors he had came over with the Saxon invasion.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I’m sorry, I’m completely lost now. What was the problem your friend had? (His most recent German ancestors being in the Dark Ages).
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
what's a bit shit is that descendants of people forced to flee austria because of the nazis can't get austrian nationality in the same way descendants of people forced to flee germany because of the nazis can.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Not seen him. Nor sure i'd like it tbh.
alsoknownas
some bloke
Gavin Williamson sounds like he's channelling Comical Ali now. Brexit to 'enhance UK's lethality' 
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MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
My friend is working in Germany under EU FoM, the same agreement that brings so many Poles etc here, If we crash out No-Deal then he loses that right and will be in no different a position from say an American (it's a US company) needing a work permit. He doesn't actually expect that German immigration will turn up in April and drag him off, (he's white and can speak fluent German so he could scam them for a bit anyways) but he could technically be expelled for working illegally and is naturally concerned about any long term future he has and ending up in a kind of Windrush situation.
Incidentally concern over where this is going is why one of son's mates and his Polish girlfriend are getting married at very short notice next month. No-one believes she will either a) lose her job or b) get deported but they have decided best to cover all the bases.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Regrettably Williamson is actually channelling his own ability and personality. Rather sadly, he seem like the sort who was bullied at school and we're living out the consequences of that.Gavin Williamson sounds like he's channelling Comical Ali now. Brexit to 'enhance UK's lethality'
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Right, gotcha. OK, well I hope it works out for him.
Not at all sure why you quoted my question in order to tell his story. But all the best to him anyway.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Yours seemed to be the last post in a chain saying how will we not be European post-Brexit, we will still be just won't have the same rights as them.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Bob Calvert did this album about the West German air force and their Lockheed Starfighter - more dangerous to their own pilots than any enemy.Gavin Williamson sounds like he's channelling Comical Ali now. Brexit to 'enhance UK's lethality'
(((The UK's Enhanced Lethality)))
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Yeah, I'm just a bit upset that a little bit of joshing around led to that...& rarely great when someone pisses on their own chips.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
is this your first time at a harvesters?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
You’re confusing European with EU citizen. Not all European countries are in the EU. And so not all Europeans are EU citizens.
Indeed, before Maastricht, I was not an EU citizen, and after the UK leaves the EU, I will once again not be an EU citizen. Although I will remain European. This has implications, but they’re different things.
editor
hiraethified
Too much personal abuse. No more please.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
… but, but, free salad!
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
There's no such thing as an EU citizen there is being a citizen of an EU or EEA country which grants extra rights in addition to those you get from your native country, you're right this is nothing to do with being ethnically or geographically European but I think Norman was on about those rights not ethnicity and we will lose some or all of these rights post-Brexit. (Deal or No-Deal).
It's down to a matter of choice whether you feel losing those rights is a bad thing, me I think so even though I have never really excercised them. S is or rather was shitting himself.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
That's just not right.
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
I'm not sure you would either.
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