Something happened on 1 October that will severely hurt inbound tourism to the UK & damage the business sector too...
As Priti Patel boasts, the Tories binned the use of national ID cards to enter the UK. But an estimated 200 million EU citizens only have ID cards not passports.
As Priti Patel boasts, the Tories binned the use of national ID cards to enter the UK. But an estimated 200 million EU citizens only have ID cards not passports.
School trips, especially, will be a thing of the past.
A national ID card, ubiquitous in most EU countries, will get EU citizens into over 50 countries and territories. (See list below.)
The ONLY exception is the UK. We've slammed the door by demanding passports only.
A national ID card, ubiquitous in most EU countries, will get EU citizens into over 50 countries and territories. (See list below.)
The ONLY exception is the UK. We've slammed the door by demanding passports only.
The final nail in the coffin for school trips is that the Tories also got rid of the "List of Travellers" scheme for non-EU citizens accompanying EU citizens on class trips. So it's now harder for EU citizens to come (they need passports) and much harder for non-EU citizens.
But this demand for passports will have a knock-on effect on businesses too.
Who would risk holding a large international conference in the UK, knowing that millions of potential attendees would need to go to the hassle and expense of obtaining passports to come here?
Who would risk holding a large international conference in the UK, knowing that millions of potential attendees would need to go to the hassle and expense of obtaining passports to come here?
And what about those whose business takes them regularly between the EU and the UK. Hauliers, for example? It's likely many of them will only have ID cards, for unless they've holidayed outside of Europe they will never have needed passports.
This makes the shortages worse.
This makes the shortages worse.
The abandonment of ID cards as a means of entering the UK was not required by the EU or imposed on us by any other external party.
It was not an automatic consequence of the Brexit process either.
No, it is entirely the conscious choice of the Tory Party.
It was not an automatic consequence of the Brexit process either.
No, it is entirely the conscious choice of the Tory Party.
Here's how this change pans out in the real world...
https://twitter.com/cdlbcl/status/1444623109265448962
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