The whole passport issue perplexes me. I was sad to see the purple EU passports disappear and anyone who travels abroad will be aware of the benefits. It is a shame that a good proportion of those people who voted for Brexit are unlikely to be the ones who travel to Europe. However, on my two visits to Qatar this year, I found that it took me a while to go through the first time but on my second visit I was waived through. When I visited the first time, the bloke in front of me came from Pakistan and it took an age for him to go through which made me grateful I had a British passport. My impression if that a British passport would be more advantagous in Africa and Asia as opposed to being disadvantage in Europe.
I think that the media has been pretty poor at holding those politicians who campaigned for Brexit to account. The BBC appears anti-Brexit and I think that it's more liberal leanings probably mean that some of the more right-wing individuals will be slightly distrusting. However, the BBC can only report the reality and whilst I would have to say that I find Channel Four's news coverage to be more robust, people must be starting to realise that Brexit has had no advantages whatsoever. The only thing beneficial is that we have not been involved when the EU gets things wrong but you might argue that the presence of the Brits in the EU would have ensured this happened less often! I wish that some journalist would do a root and branch assessment of Brexit and then hold those politicians sponsible to account. By the same token, I think Labour also need to be interrogated on their stance. They know that they will lose voters if they campaign to re-join the EU and Starmer simply argues that he wants to fulfill the wishes of those people who voted Leave. That simply implies to me that he is happy to drive the car over the cliff leaving the SNP and the fringe and irrelevant Liberals as Pro-Eu. Starmer is seriously under-whelming in my opinion but it is also worthwhile reflecting that Corbyn would probably have been elected if he could have found a credible response to Brexit. The fact that he could never do this fatally undermined him at a time when, otherwise, there was a real appetite for his brand of politics in this country. Had he been elected I think he would have created waves across Europe which would have seen a general shift in the EU towards the Left. I was always surprised how highly he was thought of in France. the worse missed opportunity for the UK since Labour rejected Tony Benn as leader.
What I do feel is ironic is that the most effective and coherent leader of any of the political parties in the UK is the one that is looking for her own country to become independent. I really dislike her but think she is an incredible politician being both modern and correct in so many instances. A large part of the problem for the English is that she is usually right in what she says yet it has a double edge to it insofar that it is coated in an Anti-English covering albeit impossible to argue against the case she presents. I cannot help but thinkin just how much better off we would be if she was Prime Minister of the UK . As things stand, I think Scottish independence may be desirable yet I cannot see a Westminster government handling that any better than Brexit. Even if Scotland gets independence, I think Westminster will administer it poorly regardless of who is in power despite the good intentions of the SNP. If the people who dealt with Brexit are involved, they will make it difficult for an independent Scotland
Irony just died…