Priti Patel was boasting about the fact that the UK no longer accepts national ID cards for incoming visitors, only passports.
This chart shows what a mind-blowingly stupid move that was. An estimated 200 million EU citizens don't have passports, only ID cards.
Bye bye tourism.
This chart shows what a mind-blowingly stupid move that was. An estimated 200 million EU citizens don't have passports, only ID cards.
Bye bye tourism.
Here's Priti Patel's original tweet, for posterity.
(Screenshot in case it goes bye bye, just like our tourism sector will...)
(Screenshot in case it goes bye bye, just like our tourism sector will...)
Also worth knowing...
On 2 August 2021, the EU launched a single unified national ID standard that will make all new IDs issued even more secure.
On 2 August 2021, the EU launched a single unified national ID standard that will make all new IDs issued even more secure.
The first thing to go under our Enhanced Xenophobia regime will be school trips.
The likelihood of every child in a class of 25-30+ having a passport is pretty close to zero. So schools will pick destinations that they know everyone can get into on the document each student has.
The likelihood of every child in a class of 25-30+ having a passport is pretty close to zero. So schools will pick destinations that they know everyone can get into on the document each student has.
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