May Has Really Screwed Up...

[SueEllen]

No. It was a one-way street to the UK. Brits could not work or settle in the Commonwealth.

Not strictly true.

Heard of £10 Poms? I know someone who is one but for some silly reason came back though half her children didn't. I also worked with another one who went with over with his family. He came back though his parents didn't.

Also lots of the parents on the street I grew up on had children who emigrated to Canada in their 20s.

The rest of the Commonwealth was clearly to poor too welcome Brits in.

[Mordac]

Who needs a lawyer, I didn't and it seems like the other thousands of people from across the world getting German citizenship don't either.

You can probably get away with basic Arabic these days, but as I said, 10 years ago you needed fluency in German and something akin to a law degree to understand the paperwork. There was quite a large fee to apply for residency (about 300 Euros iirc) which you had to pay if you planned on staying longer than 90 days, so this "one Europe for all bollox" is precisely that. Bollox.

[darmstadt]

You can probably get away with basic Arabic these days, but as I said, 10 years ago you needed fluency in German and something akin to a law degree to understand the paperwork. There was quite a large fee to apply for residency (about 300 Euros iirc) which you had to pay if you planned on staying longer than 90 days, so this "one Europe for all bollox" is precisely that. Bollox.

Well it's not all bollocks is it for those people who are actuallz citiyens of an EU countrz is it as zou then don't need to applz for residencz although with the recent vote by a number of people in an as zet to be 'third countrz', then these people will have to applz for residencz.

[Mordac]

Well it's not all bollocks is it for those people who are actuallz citiyens of an EU countrz is it as zou then don't need to applz for residencz although with the recent vote by a number of people in an as zet to be 'third countrz', then these people will have to applz for residencz.

As spoken by the purveyor of the purest bollox...

[darmstadt]

As spoken by the purveyor of the purest bollox...

Funny how I can actually spell bollocks properly

[Mordac]

Funny how I can actually spell bollocks properly

I'm familiar with the old sweary box, remember...

[TwoWolves]

I reckon the Home Office, which is largely staffed by immigrants these days, does this on purpose as a form of passive aggressive resistance to attempts to clamp down on illegal immigration.

Each time a new clampdown is announced, they always contrive to find absurd examples of technically illegal status, such as an Aussie child whose parents were both British and resident in the UK until recently, and then with a big fanfare they take steps to kick this child out of the country.

This. Plus a lot of hard-left agitators.

[SueEllen]

This. Plus a lot of hard-left agitators.

Ahh another feckwit.

The Home Office staff making the decisions are low paid people who follow orders to get their job done and go home at the end of the day.

They don't give a feck if the applicant's parents are British even though they were born in Australia, or they were a Commonwealth citizen here before 1973 the person just has to supply the right number of documents as per the checklist. When the applicant has severe problems it is the applicant, someone who knows the applicant, their MP or a charity who goes to the press.

It isn't actually that hard to get the press involved in your story if it is interesting enough.

[clearedforlanding]

Funny how I can actually spell bollocks properly

Nööne appreiateß yöür humöür.

[TwoWolves]

Ahh another feckwit.

The Home Office staff making the decisions are low paid people who follow orders to get their job done and go home at the end of the day.

They don't give a feck if the applicant's parents are British even though they were born in Australia, or they were a Commonwealth citizen here before 1973 the person just has to supply the right number of documents as per the checklist. When the applicant has severe problems it is the applicant, someone who knows the applicant, their MP or a charity who goes to the press.

It isn't actually that hard to get the press involved in your story if it is interesting enough.

You know them do you Sue?