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tricky
25 Apr 2023
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    tricky
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    14 Apr 2026, 12:50 p.m. 14 Apr 2026, 12:50 p.m.
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    @noodle has written:

    The intention of the new border system predates Brexit, so it’s got fuck all to do with any of that.

    Exactly. It was always intended to disadvantage citizens of third party countries.

    The fuckwits with scrambled brains, yet still allowed to vote, made our country a third party one.

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    noodle
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    14 Apr 2026, 1:25 p.m. 14 Apr 2026, 1:25 p.m.
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    @tricky has written:

    Exactly. It was always intended to disadvantage citizens of third party countries.

    I thought you said the intention was to take a cut of the large economy next door.. because of the words you used when you said that. Maybe they were originally going after Moldova but pivoted?

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    JRs_Cigarette
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    14 Apr 2026, 1:26 p.m. 14 Apr 2026, 1:26 p.m.
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    @Simon has written:

    They would give us free or frictionless movement if it was reciprocal but "we" don't want that.

    We do allow EU folks to use e gates at our airports same as us.

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    tricky
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    14 Apr 2026, 1:27 p.m. 14 Apr 2026, 1:27 p.m.
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    @noodle has written:

    I thought you said the intention was to take a cut of the large economy next door.. because of the words you used when you said that. Maybe they were originally going after Moldova but pivoted?

    It's to leverage disadvantage against any third country. You mentioned the large economy next door, so I contextualised the argument to refer to your specific point of reference. Which I thought would help, as you only seemed to be viewing it from the perspective of convenience to UK travellers, from that economy.

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    Simon
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    14 Apr 2026, 1:44 p.m. 14 Apr 2026, 1:44 p.m.
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    @JRs_Cigarette has written:
    @Simon has written:

    They would give us free or frictionless movement if it was reciprocal but "we" don't want that.

    We do allow EU folks to use e gates at our airports same as us.

    But there's more to free movement than that. And, presumably, regarding e gates, the government at the time decided they'd rather minimise the queues than fight for our right to use e gates in Europe (I doubt it was even on their radar as a consideration, given they just wanted it over with).

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    tricky
    Board 8056 posts
    14 Apr 2026, 1:48 p.m. 14 Apr 2026, 1:48 p.m.
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    @Simon has written:

    regarding e gates, the government at the time decided they'd rather minimise the queues than fight for our right to use e gates in Europe

    I don't believe that there was ever a serious intention to put in the infrastructure that the rhetoric demanded.....and nor was there a concern to achieve access to, or parity with, other countries. It was just about making us a big captive rental market for international business partners to exploit.

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    Psychobel
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    26 Apr 2026, 10:16 a.m. 26 Apr 2026, 10:16 a.m.
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    The disappointing news is that despite them being a gun nation, the Yanks remain piss poor shots.

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    JRs_Cigarette
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    26 Apr 2026, 11:39 a.m. 26 Apr 2026, 11:39 a.m.
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    Dunno, wasn't the goal achieved, fuss created, "fight fight fight" etc?

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    Loafer
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    27 Apr 2026, 7:46 a.m. 27 Apr 2026, 7:46 a.m.
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    The report into healthy lifespans in the news today is pretty shocking. I'm doing retirement planning at the moment and am already older than the Blackpool figure for a healthy age.

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    The UK has deep and widening inequalities in healthy life expectancy. It is highest in wealthy Richmond upon Thames, London, where the average man enjoys 69.3 years and average woman 70.3 years in good health. However, in contrast, an average man in Blackpool gets just 50.9 years and the average woman in Hartlepool only 51.2 years.

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    Sean
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    27 Apr 2026, 9:38 a.m. 27 Apr 2026, 9:38 a.m.
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    Does that Hartlepool(s) statistics mention monkeys and hanging?

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    Loafer
    Squad 641 posts
    27 Apr 2026, 11:33 a.m. 27 Apr 2026, 11:33 a.m.
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    @Sean has written:

    Does that Hartlepool(s) statistics mention monkeys and hanging?

    No mention of monkey life expectancy, no. Shit stats tbh.

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    Psychobel
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    28 Apr 2026, 8:44 p.m. 28 Apr 2026, 8:44 p.m.
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    Whether you're a royalist or not, King Charlie is playing blinder his speech. Lots of pointed but not contentious phrasing. But I wish the yanks would give the performative standing applause a break.

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