I’m annoyed. Annoyed that our government has failed the first hurdle of Brexit by passing the manufacturing process of the new British passports onto the French. Of course the government will still be responsible for printing the information; but giving revenue to the French for this service over its own businesses doesn’t portray a lot of hope for going it alone. I thought we were trying to keep things local. Of course, this begs a bigger question. Is there a point of owning a UK passport anymore? If we’re required to have a visa just to enter the rest of Europe; why hold a passport? The old motto of allowing the bearer to pass through borders unhindered doesn’t really apply any more as we’re probed, screened and searched. And of course, the authorities aren’t trusting each other as we’re also screened at the other end. Are they checking to see if these flights have stopped along the way? In a digital age, the computer should check us in as soon as the flight has landed. There’s a lot of work to be done.
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