Webbo Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 2 minutes ago, Buce said: Surely you could use your rose-tinted Brexit specs? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 7 minutes ago, Rogstanley said: It's all getting a bit frothy in here for my liking Calm down and have a mince pie, chaps. Do you want a milkshake with that, sir? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innovindil Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 29 minutes ago, bovril said: Children, please. Enough with the year three playground stuff. Peace and good will to all men. * *does not include racist little Englander passport-obsessed uneducated Brexit voters. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogstanley Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said: Do you want a milkshake with that, sir? No us gang members don't drink milkshakes thanks Edited 22 December 2017 by Rogstanley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buce Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 3 minutes ago, Innovindil said: He's nicked your specs, Webbo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 3 minutes ago, Buce said: He's nicked your specs, Webbo! It's my own fault, they told me it would send me blind..I've got hairy knuckles too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 22 December 2017 Author Share Posted 22 December 2017 Something i haven’t spotted in the passport debate... I quite like the burgundy colour and it’s been the colour I’ve associated with a passport for all of my life, that is part of my heritage - so is the change in colour optional or an enforced change for all future passports? I’m aware from what I’ve read they will allow people to change the colour early... at a cost of £70 odd quid of course... but not spotted any concession to those that might feel the existing colour has both a better aesthetic and practical quality to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charl91 Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 (edited) I don't particularly care about the passport colour. Blue, Red, Black, Polka-dot, won't make much difference to my every day life. As others have already said, it just seems like a small concession to the 'RED WHITE AND BLUE BREXIT' mob, to placate them while the Government continue to pull the wool over their eyes and implement a Brexit that's as hard as a roll of Andrex Supreme Quilted Funniest thing is, it seems to be working! But I suppose that makes sense; it is aimed at a demographic that care more about 'feeling' then facts, logic and reason, after all. Edited 22 December 2017 by Charl91 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 2 hours ago, Buce said: These are the people responsible for Brexit - yet the Right on here deny it was a Little Englander vote. 9% want to do away with decimalised currency? Knock up of the blue one looks really tatty tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogstanley Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 (edited) 21 minutes ago, DJ Barry Hammond said: Something i haven’t spotted in the passport debate... I quite like the burgundy colour and it’s been the colour I’ve associated with a passport for all of my life, that is part of my heritage - so is the change in colour optional or an enforced change for all future passports? I’m aware from what I’ve read they will allow people to change the colour early... at a cost of £70 odd quid of course... but not spotted any concession to those that might feel the existing colour has both a better aesthetic and practical quality to it. Burgundy looks classy. Blue makes it look like something you'd be given by a parole officer to log your visits. Horrible. Yes I am both outraged and frothy. Edited 22 December 2017 by Rogstanley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 A possible solution to the passport situation, posited by Prof Brian Cox: "We could all agree to turn our passports blue by running towards them, thus saving a lot of hassle. Assuming the wavelength of a blue passport is 470nm, and red is 670 nm, I calculate a speed of 0.34c would do it." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 44 minutes ago, DJ Barry Hammond said: Something i haven’t spotted in the passport debate... I quite like the burgundy colour and it’s been the colour I’ve associated with a passport for all of my life, that is part of my heritage - so is the change in colour optional or an enforced change for all future passports? I’m aware from what I’ve read they will allow people to change the colour early... at a cost of £70 odd quid of course... but not spotted any concession to those that might feel the existing colour has both a better aesthetic and practical quality to it. Funny thing is, the blue one was imposed on Britain by the league of nations in the 1920s according to the independent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogstanley Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 Far right extremism just as common as Islamic extremism in parts of uk with Wales and the East Midlands leading the way http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42450131 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 2 minutes ago, Rogstanley said: Far right extremism just as common as Islamic extremism in parts of uk with Wales and the East Midlands leading the way http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42450131 At no point anywhere in that article does it say what you claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifted*fox Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 1 hour ago, toddybad said: Now Matt's frothing too. Matt pulls out the 'I won't lose any sleep over your opinion of me' card all the time tbf. Tbh if anyone on here loses any sleep over this bullshit you're doing life wrong and are far too strung up. **** caring what some nobodies on a forum think of you really lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 The posters on here doth protest too much, methinks. Lets face it the remainers don't like the passport change as it's another sign we're leaving the EU, and the brexiteers like the fact we have our tradition coloured passport back. So you lot can say you don't care but deep down you care..... just a little bit anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 1 minute ago, purpleronnie said: The posters on here doth protest too much, methinks. Lets face it the remainers don't like the passport change as it's another sign we're leaving the EU, and the brexiteers like the fact we have our tradition coloured passport back. So you lot can say you don't care but deep down you care..... just a little bit anyway. I honestly couldn't care less what colour my passport is, I still haven't met someone who voted Leave who has mentioned it either. If people see it as symbolic that's their choice, no upto me to tell them it is or it isn't. That said, I'll happily cover the cost myself if I can deliver one to Nicola Sturgeon or Nick Clegg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 4 minutes ago, purpleronnie said: The posters on here doth protest too much, methinks. Lets face it the remainers don't like the passport change as it's another sign we're leaving the EU, and the brexiteers like the fact we have our tradition coloured passport back. So you lot can say you don't care but deep down you care..... just a little bit anyway. Honestly I use it once or twice a year and the rest of the time it's in a draw. It's no big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, purpleronnie said: The posters on here doth protest too much, methinks. Lets face it the remainers don't like the passport change as it's another sign we're leaving the EU, and the brexiteers like the fact we have our tradition coloured passport back. So you lot can say you don't care but deep down you care..... just a little bit anyway. As I said earlier, it's more about the suggestion that that this in itself a good reason for leaving the EU. Edited 22 December 2017 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogstanley Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 22 minutes ago, MattP said: At no point anywhere in that article does it say what you claim. “Counter terror police said they devoted as much time to far-right extremism as Islamist extremism.” Pretty sure they wouldn’t devote equal attention to it if the threat wasn’t equal. See the chart further down for regions with most referrals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 13 minutes ago, purpleronnie said: The posters on here doth protest too much, methinks. Lets face it the remainers don't like the passport change as it's another sign we're leaving the EU, and the brexiteers like the fact we have our tradition coloured passport back. So you lot can say you don't care but deep down you care..... just a little bit anyway. I don't like it because it's a massive waste of time for something completely meaningless to all but the most red-tinted glasses wearer, who'd presumably see it as burgundy anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Rogstanley said: “Counter terror police said they devoted as much time to far-right extremism as Islamist extremism.” Pretty sure they wouldn’t devote equal attention to it if the threat wasn’t equal. See the chart further down for regions with most referrals. Yes I read it all, Wales is the highest where 22% of referrals are related to the far-right. You claimed it was just as common, which looking at the statistics even if you don't watch the news, is clearly false. Edited 22 December 2017 by MattP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 8 minutes ago, MattP said: That said, I'll happily cover the cost myself if I can deliver one to Nicola Sturgeon or Nick Clegg. Add Anna Soubry and Tony Blair to that list and you'd be the happiest postman ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buce Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 32 minutes ago, Webbo said: Honestly I use it once or twice a year and the rest of the time it's in a draw. Nice of you to share, Webbo, but we were talking about passports... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 22 December 2017 Share Posted 22 December 2017 If the EU had a sense of honour they would troll us back by turning their passports blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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