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The EU: In, out, shake it all about.... (6 Viewers)

  • Thread starter jimmyhillsfanclub
  • Start date Jun 8, 2016
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As of right now, how are thinking of voting? In or out

  • Remain

    Votes: 23 37.1%
  • Leave

    Votes: 35 56.5%
  • Undecided

    Votes: 3 4.8%
  • Not registered or not intention to vote

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • Total voters
    62
  • Poll closed Jun 15, 2016.
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clint van damme

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,411
Kingokings204 said:
Well I am very pleased with this. It’s a small point but important overall.
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I really wish I had so little to worry about in life that the colour of my passport was important to me.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,412
Kingokings204 said:
But all have the same passport. Bar Czechs.

I dont really disagree with your first point but then that was why brexit was voted for. To take back control. That included passports.
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If that is the case then it has serious issues that has little to do with Brexit. For what it's worth, I majorly disagree and think each country in Europe has its own identity, particularly the UK.
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,413
Kingokings204 said:
The words are more important anyway as we get to drop the words European Union off our passports. The navy blue colour is just a symbolic bonus.
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Fair enough. Can't say that has ever registered as an issue in the slightest for me. I'd struggle to tell you anything that was printed on my passport.

I do like the idea of getting your passport stamped when we go to a European country in the future but that's just because I like having stamps in my passport!
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,414
My renewed Irish passport arrived this morning and it is definitely different from my British one both on the outside and inside.
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,415
At least people won't get us mixed up with the other Europeans now. They might mistake us for Argentinian, Haitian, Iraqi, Somali, Sudanese or one of the other countries we now share a passport colour with!
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,416
Sick Boy said:
My renewed Irish passport arrived this morning and it is definitely different from my British one both on the outside and inside.
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Just had my application arrive in the post. Cheers Mum for being born on the island of Ireland.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,417
skybluetony176 said:
Just had my application arrive in the post. Cheers Mum for being born on the island of Ireland.
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Why are you paying for a new passport? What are you going to get from that which is extra than a UK one?
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,418
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Why are you paying for a new passport? What are you going to get from that which is extra than a UK one?
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Presumably to retain citizenship of the EU.
 
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Kingokings204

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,419
clint van damme said:
I really wish I had so little to worry about in life that the colour of my passport was important to me.
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No you probably you wouldn’t understand as you didn’t vote for brexit. The blue passports and dropping of the words European Union is a symbolic gesture of winning the referendum and that we can now be an indepedant sovereign normal nation again.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,420
Kingokings204 said:
No you probably you wouldn’t understand as you didn’t vote for brexit. The blue passports and dropping of the words European Union is a symbolic gesture of winning the referendum and that we can now be an indepedant sovereign normal nation again.
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I don't understand because I have more important things to worry about.
What is how anyone voted got anything to do with it?!
If remain had won they could have had any colour passport, any slogan and I wouldn't have given a single fuck.
Growth constantly down graded and IMF warning about recession, (hopefully they' re, as usual wrong), but you're more worried about the colour of your passport!!
 
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Kingokings204

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,421
Sick Boy said:
If that is the case then it has serious issues that has little to do with Brexit. For what it's worth, I majorly disagree and think each country in Europe has its own identity, particularly the UK.
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Well that’s fine. Me and you are on completely different sides of the referendum. It’s normal.

My opinion is a steps towards taking back control and i happen to like it.
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,422
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Why are you paying for a new passport? What are you going to get from that which is extra than a UK one?
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For many reasons. Guaranteed right to settle in the EU when I retire. Retention of my European health card. Not everyone I travel with are from the UK so we won’t get split up at passport control when entering the EU or indeed re-entering the UK If you qualify for dual nationality with an EU country it would be stupid not to take it up now. As it happens all our cards can fall once we’ve sorted it all out me, the wife and kids will all have benefit of dual nationality with an EU country. We’re brexit proofing ourselves.
 
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Kingokings204

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,423
clint van damme said:
I don't understand because I have more important things to worry about.
What is how anyone voted got anything to do with it?!
If remain had won they could have had any colour passport, any slogan and I wouldn't have given a single fuck.
Growth constantly down graded and IMF warning about recession, (hopefully they' re, as usual wrong), but you're more worried about the colour of your passport!!
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What on earth are you on about?

I happened to mention I find it the colour and words European Union dropped on our passports a good thing and you blather on about the IMF who have a 3-4% record is it of being right in their forecasts.

Your post Sounds like you’ve got lots more to worry about than me, you’re right.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,424
skybluetony176 said:
For many reasons. Guaranteed right to settle in the EU when I retire. Retention of my European health card. Not everyone I travel with are from the UK so we won’t get split up at passport control when entering the EU or indeed re-entering the UK If you qualify for dual nationality with an EU country it would be stupid not to take it up now. As it happens all our cards can fall once we’ve sorted it all out me, the wife and kids will all have benefit of dual nationality with an EU country. We’re brexit proofing ourselves.
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1) Guaranteed right to settle in the EU when I retire. In Strasbourg/Burssels, or do you mean the continent of Europe? Either way, it is not going to be a problem.
2) Retention of my European health card. Fair enough, but with European citizens visiting the UK, you would think there would be some measures put in place for both parties.
3) Not everyone I travel with are from the UK so we won’t get split up at passport control when entering the EU or indeed re-entering the UK If you qualify for dual nationality with an EU country it would be stupid not to take it up now. To be honest, getting a new passport so you can be in the same queue as someone else seems a bit over the top.
4) As it happens all our cards can fall once we’ve sorted it all out me, the wife and kids will all have benefit of dual nationality with an EU country.
We’re brexit proofing ourselves. - You've certainly been preparing yourself for the very worse to happen and I think that's down to remain scare tactics. I honestly don't think you'll have anything to worry about.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,425
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Why are you paying for a new passport? What are you going to get from that which is extra than a UK one?
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Freedom of movement?
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,426
Sick Boy said:
Freedom of movement?
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Do you think only people with an EU passport will be able to travel to Italy?
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,427
Kingokings204 said:
What on earth are you on about?

I happened to mention I find it the colour and words European Union dropped on our passports a good thing and you blather on about the IMF who have a 3-4% record is it of being right in their forecasts.

Your post Sounds like you’ve got lots more to worry about than me, you’re right.
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because until we know the country is heading in the right direction economically and politically I find it hard to understand why anyone would find even a crumb of comfort in a change of passport colour -it's fairly straight forward.

Of course I've got more to worry about than you, you're a man that can find contentment in the colour of his passport.
 
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martcov

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,428
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Kingokings204 said:
No you probably you wouldn’t understand as you didn’t vote for brexit. The blue passports and dropping of the words European Union is a symbolic gesture of winning the referendum and that we can now be an indepedant sovereign normal nation again.
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So that means the UK is so divided that leavers will be chomping at the bit for their blue ones and remainers waiting until 2019 to get a burgundy one for as long as possible. We can now tell who voted what by our passports? Maybe we should have colour coded passports fitting our votes in the election?
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,429
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Why are you paying for a new passport? What are you going to get from that which is extra than a UK one?
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you maintain the same freedom of movement rights.
I think I'll be getting one. It will probably never leave my draw but my son wants to go into hospitality so it will then entitle him to one which help him to move/work more freely in Europe which he expects to be doing in the next few years..
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,430
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
1) Guaranteed right to settle in the EU when I retire. In Strasbourg/Burssels, or do you mean the continent of Europe? Either way, it is not going to be a problem.
2) Retention of my European health card. Fair enough, but with European citizens visiting the UK, you would think there would be some measures put in place for both parties.
3) Not everyone I travel with are from the UK so we won’t get split up at passport control when entering the EU or indeed re-entering the UK If you qualify for dual nationality with an EU country it would be stupid not to take it up now. To be honest, getting a new passport so you can be in the same queue as someone else seems a bit over the top.
4) As it happens all our cards can fall once we’ve sorted it all out me, the wife and kids will all have benefit of dual nationality with an EU country.
We’re brexit proofing ourselves. - You've certainly been preparing yourself for the very worse to happen and I think that's down to remain scare tactics. I honestly don't think you'll have anything to worry about.
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1) How do you know it’s not going to be a problem?

2) No guarantees without EU citerzinship.

3) It’s not the only reason but a family splitting up at passport control will be a pain in the ass when a solution is available and all it requires is filling a form out every 10 years with very little outlay why wouldn’t you? We’ll pay many times that for priority boarding and private transfers over 10 years for convenience. It’s an easy solution for nothing in comparison. We’d be mad not to take the option.

4) Why wouldn’t I be preparing myself for the worse? I love my family and I’ll do what’s right by them thanks. Scare tactics has nothing to do with it. I’m doing this to deal with the realities of brexit not the arguments made in the remain campaign which I never bought into anyway. This is a reaction to what’s happened since the referendum not what went before. This is a decision that we made in the last couple of weeks.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,431
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Do you think only people with an EU passport will be able to travel to Italy?
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Settle and work is the issue not travel.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,432
clint van damme said:
you maintain the same freedom of movement rights.
I think I'll be getting one. It will probably never leave my draw but my son wants to go into hospitality so it will then entitle him to one which help him to move/work more freely in Europe which he expects to be doing in the next few years..
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Obviously I wish all the best to your son. It might help him, but it is probably unlikely. I can't see how having a UK passport is going to be a massive disadvantage. No matter who says who has the upper hand in negotiations etc, it's two way street. European citizens will still be working here the same way we will still be working there. Yes, there might be a bit more red tape, but I cannot see it entrapping most careers.

What does he want to do in hospitality? I worked in hotels for quite a while. Some of it was really good, some of it really terrible. Picking good employers is really important in my experience, in this field more than many.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,433
skybluetony176 said:
Settle and work is the issue not travel.
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Again, I fully respect your concern. I just cannot see it being a major problem.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,434
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Obviously I wish all the best to your son. It might help him, but it is probably unlikely. I can't see how having a UK passport is going to be a massive disadvantage. No matter who says who has the upper hand in negotiations etc, it's two way street. European citizens will still be working here the same way we will still be working there. Yes, there might be a bit more red tape, but I cannot see it entrapping most careers.

What does he want to do in hospitality? I worked in hotels for quite a while. Some of it was really good, some of it really terrible. Picking good employers is really important in my experience, in this field more than many.
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He'll have both, wouldn't let his UK passport expire.
Chef, only 15 so a long way to go yet. He's currently got the work ethic of a golden jubilee program seller so he'll need to up his game significantly!
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,435
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Again, I fully respect your concern. I just cannot see it being a major problem.
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How do you know?
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,436
skybluetony176 said:
1) How do you know it’s not going to be a problem?

2) No guarantees without EU citerzinship.

3) It’s not the only reason but a family splitting up at passport control will be a pain in the ass when a solution is available and all it requires is filling a form out every 10 years with very little outlay why wouldn’t you? We’ll pay many times that for priority boarding and private transfers over 10 years for convenience. It’s an easy solution for nothing in comparison. We’d be mad not to take the option.

4) Why wouldn’t I be preparing myself for the worse? I love my family and I’ll do what’s right by them thanks. Scare tactics has nothing to do with it. I’m doing this to deal with the realities of brexit not the arguments made in the remain campaign which I never bought into anyway. This is a reaction to what’s happened since the referendum not what went before. This is a decision that we made in the last couple of weeks.
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I don't know it is not going to be a problem, I'm just very sure it won't be. The EU have to protect their citizens too. If they want a good deal for them, we will need to have a good deal too.

I can understand the health point because that is always one thing I have said the EU is good for. It's certainly a good benefit. Again though, I can't see any French people being left to die on hospital beds, or being charged extortionate rates for bandages. I also doubt we will be kept in seperate holding pens like lepers in airports. It just won't happen.

Prepare yourself for the worst, but I'm prepared to put my neck on the line and say you will be fine. Sadly my opinion won't be worth that much, I understand...
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,437
@Earlsdon_Skyblue1 if your future children wanted EU passports, I'm sure youd be all for it?
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,438
clint van damme said:
He'll have both, wouldn't let his UK passport expire.
Chef, only 15 so a long way to go yet. He's currently got the work ethic of a golden jubilee program seller so he'll need to up his game significantly!
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That's good. Best of luck to him.

Can be a very stressful and demanding job, but if he goes into a kitchen with a shitty attitude he will get kicked into shape pretty quickly, so don't worry about that!
 
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Captain Dart

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,439
Sick Boy said:
Freedom of movement?
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Ludicrous, where do you think an EU passport will allow entry where a UK passport won't?
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,440
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
That's good. Best of luck to him.

Can be a very stressful and demanding job, but if he goes into a kitchen with a shitty attitude he will get kicked into shape pretty quickly, so don't worry about that!
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I've warned him, long way to go yet though, he could end up doing something totally different.
 

clint van damme

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,441
Captain Dart said:
Ludicrous, where do you think an EU passport will allow entry where a UK passport won't?
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it's not entry, it's the right to work.
As ESB1 says, that may still be in place post Brexit.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,442
Captain Dart said:
Ludicrous, where do you think an EU passport will allow entry where a UK passport won't?
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Freedom of movement to travel and work. You're likely going to have to apply for a visa which will last for a couple of years at a time.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,443
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
That's good. Best of luck to him.

Can be a very stressful and demanding job, but if he goes into a kitchen with a shitty attitude he will get kicked into shape pretty quickly, so don't worry about that!
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Did the same myself from 15-20...hard work and very stressful but strangely a lot of fun!
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,444
Sick Boy said:
@Earlsdon_Skyblue1 if your future children wanted EU passports, I'm sure youd be all for it?
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It's completely their choice. They'll be able to if they want to, but by that point I don't think they'll need them either.

I expect everything will have calmed down by then and be a lot more set in stone. Hopefully...
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Dec 22, 2017
  • #11,445
Sick Boy said:
Did the same myself from 15-20...hard work and very stressful but strangely a lot of fun!
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Absolutely.

I loved working with people, but with that you get a lot of pricks as well!
 
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