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So, why are all the retainers so upset about it then?
Frankly I couldn't give an arse, but it's become a thing because the leavers are offering it up as a prime example of what 'taking back control' is delivering, and justifiably are being asked if that is the ****ing best that can be managed?
So, why are all the retainers so upset about it then?
I don't think the vast majority care what colour thier passport is, and for those that do they can buy covers.
You can even get 'hello kitty' ones if that's your thing.
I think the point is, which as already been pointed out, at least twice now, is that this has been hailed as some kind of triumph.. To be fair brexit triumphs are few and far between so it's viewed by those of us who are sensible, as rediculous, considering there were never any hard rules on what colour UK passports have to be in the first place.
Comprende?
Ah,the sweet sound of Ninny trying to start an argument with himself,in an empty room,and failing.Bonjour tristesse.
Surely if the PM communicates about it , it must be important ? or is it just to divert attention from her deputy being sacked for watching porn all day ?
who knows .....
It gets worse for ninfan
Twas st Maggie herself who ditched the old blue one!
Well at least we won't be subjected to purchasing normaly bent Bananas.
It's not the colour change. It's the fact that people think this is a big deal we should be pleased about. That's why it's so shit.Did you read what the Tories were saying about it?
Yes, the NHS is on its knees, David Davies has admitted they have done no prep work on outcome, food bank use rising, employment dropping, inflation up, real wages falling, etc etc etc.And the best the tories can come up with, a passport colour change that no one under 40 will have any association with!.
This.......
Fiddling while Rome burns.
It sorta pisses some people off.
And miraculously all the things that were the fault of the imperialist eu superstate turn out to be things the UK could have changed while still being a member.
Who would have thought it....
I need a new passport and absolutely couldn’t give a figgy pudding what colour it is.
My 4 year old and 1 year old will need one at some point. My 4 year old son will probably want a green one as he likes green.
Meanwhile 3Q gdp revised up to 1.7%
Would that be it's lowest since 2012?
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/timeseries/ihyr/ukea
chestrockwell - Member
I need a new passport and absolutely couldn’t give a figgy pudding what colour it is.
Yep, I'd rather it retained the FoM and other rights that I currently have and be any colour even poo brown.
[quote=ninfan ]So, why are all the retainers so upset about it then?
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or maybe whoosh, I'm not quite sure.
mikewsmith - Member
And miraculously all the things that were the fault of the imperialist eu superstate turn out to be things the UK could have changed while still being a member.Who would have thought it....
Yes! That's what really hacks me off!
The EU is just another scapegoat along with immigration, people on benefits etc etc. all deflecting attention away from the causes of the real rot in this country.
None of the above caused the banking crisis or is why the county is so utterly lacking in any form of social conscience.
It's all home made!
I quite like this as a label.retainers
Indeed I want to retain my rights as an EU citizen!
Err possibly because it’s the only definate thing they’ve managed to agree and the fact that it appears the cunning Brexit plan doesn’t even exist on the back of a fag packet and the super secret sectorexcruciating detailed papers turn out to be only of use if you run out of toilet paper on the Euro star but the pm manages to proudly announce
The UK passport is an expression of our independence and sovereignty – symbolising our citizenship of a proud, great nation. That's why we have announced that the iconic #bluepassport will return after we leave the European Union in 2019.
The colour could have be changed at any time to blue but strangely no one cared about it before Brexit.
Yep Retainer definately has a ring to it....
So what’s going down under cover of the passport announcement. Can’t be a trade deal with our new Polish buddies 🙂
So what’s going down under cover of the passport announcement. Can’t be a trade deal with our new Polish buddies
A deal that will further shaft UK industry. Vodka made with methanol is a booming market.
Well I think it’s hilarious.
I expect they’ll be looking to bring back the verse about rebellious Scots next.
Muppets.
Well I think it’s hilarious
Agree can’t wait for the film to come out.
Who do reckon they’d get to play May - Cate Blanchet or Kate Winslet ?
Meryl.
She's got form.
dudeofdoom - MemberWho do reckon they’d get to play May
Ian McKellen
^ too much integrity and vitality to take the role.
It would need to be a superb actor to fully capture the wooden, dead eyed, charisma vacuum that is May. Maybe get a mannequin and get Jan Ravens to do the voice?
On second thought, Alan Rickman. He currently has the same vitality as May and would need a similar amount of propping up.....
Who should play May?
Matt Lucas. Obviously.
I think Christopher Biggins would have it.
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Bregante wins.
Can I repropose Lucas and Walliams as BoJo and Grove.
*applauds bregante*
Bregante wins.
We really need thumbs up on here.
I was thinking mr Bean for Farage but I thought it would make him too endearing so he’ll have to play himself as the parasitic shit.
(Sorry for being negative an judgemental at Chrissy... good will to all an that but he’s a slimy Fokker)
Poor as well... no money in politics apparently.
Mike Myres to play all of UKIP and some of the tories?
So, why are all the retainers so upset about it then?
Do retainers include anyone bracing themselves for our economic decline?
Gerard Depardieu as boris has a certain irony to it.
Do retainers include anyone bracing themselves for our economic decline?
No that’s the misguided, moaners and why is my plate empty brigade
Economy proving remarkably resilient despite all this. Some are getting on with it 😉
Economic resilience is obviously a phrase open to a fair degree of interpretation 😉
Annual growth in the third quarter slowed to 1.7 percent, slightly higher than previously estimated but still the weakest pace in 4 1/2 years, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday. The economy expanded an unrevised 0.4 percent from the second quarter, well below the rates seen before the European Union referendum 18 months ago.
No that’s the misguided, moaners and why is my plate empty brigadeEconomy proving remarkably resilient despite all this. Some are getting on with it
Hopefully we will buck the predictions, but our extraction from the EU could leave us in an ugly situation, unless we can put up with a severe period of pressure. Could go to the wire but hopefully we will come out smiling. 😉
Different parts of the cycle. When did the UK recover? How many quarters before the EU did?
Economy much more resilient that our side predicted. Perhaps that’s why we lost. Too much doom and gloom and no positive vision. Tant pis
Economy much more resilient
I think that’s from the “I’m alright Jack” school of economics. Most are facing real-terms cuts in wages and resultant drop in standard of living with decreasing prospects that they will ever be as wealthy as their parents, for the first time in recorded history.
I was thinking mr Bean for Farage but I thought it would make him too endearing so he’ll have to play himself as the parasitic shit.
Al Murray's pub landlord perhaps?
Alan Partridge / Steve Coogan for Farage
And THM the economy seems right in line with the predictions I saw. Perhaps not the ones that made the headlines but if one (as I know you would have) read the body text, this is what was predicted. Death by a thousand cuts. Enjoy.
Walking through town there are more boarded up shops than I can remember seeing previously, and there’s fewer Christmas lights out this year too. For a consumer led economy that’s not good.
Purely circumstantial evidence of course.
The most appropriqte kind for this thread!
Walking through town I see lots of lights and grotesque amounts of unnecessary consumption. SFA to do with Brexshit too.
Gerard Depardieu as boris has a certain irony to it.
Well cast 🙂 never would have thought of him.
He’s actuallly a bloke I wouldn’t have minded having a drink with.
Merry Christmas from HMRC 😀 I wonder if the demand had a picture of Santa on it.
retainers
I quite like this as a label.
Reminds me of Sir Henry at Rawlinson End. "Old Scrotum the Wrinkled Retainer".