Sir Nigel Farage?

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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
And you don't get thoroughly embarrassed by the guff spouited by the types who swung the vote Leave's way and phone in to speak with him :)

Looking forward to his programme this evening.
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Why, if it winds you up so much, waste your life listening to such garbage? Personally I can't think of a bigger waste of time than listening (or watching) so called chat/discussion programmes with 'selected' and orchestrated callers.
 
drdel said:
Why, if it winds you up so much, waste your life listening to such garbage? Personally I can't think of a bigger waste of time than listening (or watching) so called chat/discussion programmes with 'selected' and orchestrated callers.
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I listen because I am usually driving someone of an evening. I don't listen every evening, and don't listen to all of the hour - it is hard going - but illuminating listening.

Listen to James O'Brien or Shelagh Fogerty on LBC if you want to hear a balance of points of view, Farage's callers are mostly swivel-eyed loons - that's what makes his programme such a laugh.
 
delc said:
Actually LBC Radio is probably better than the aforementioned so called newspapers, because at least some of their presenters are anti-Brexit. 😀
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Correct - and to suggest that LBC is like the Sun is way wide of the mark. There are plenty of well informed anti-Brexit presenters. Probably 50/50.
 
Just listened to Farage ranting on LBC about getting a dark blue British Passport back. Personally I don't care what colour it is as long as it gets me through borders. Unlike Mr F, I not going to queue up and waste good money just to exchange my EU Passport for a new style British one as soon as they become available. Hopefully I will be allowed to use my EU Passport until it expires in 8 years time?

Does anybody on here give a monkeys about this issue? 🙄
 
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delc said:
Just listened to Farage ranting on LBC about getting a dark blue British Passport back. Personally I don't care what colour it is as long as it gets me through borders. Unlike Mr F, I not going to queue up and waste good money just to exchange my EU Passport for a new style British one as soon as they become available. Hopefully I will be allowed to use my EU Passport until it expires in 8 years time?

Does anybody on here give a monkeys about this issue? 
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Yes, you!
 
Can put the passports in with the bendy bananas, another non-issue! Could have had rainbow coloured passports if we wanted whilst in the EU.
 
jp5 said:
Can put the passports in with the bendy bananas, another non-issue! Could have had rainbow coloured passports if we wanted whilst in the EU.
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Wrong.
All nations within the EU have had to issue burgundy passports since 1981. It was agreed that it would assist with a feeling of community across the union if we all had the same style passport and it would help in accessing consular services as part of a passport union.
 
If we crash out of the EU with no agreements and a hard Brexit, you probably won't need your passport, because there will be no flights from the U.K. to anywhere in Europe. This is because of the European Single Skies agreement, which allows all nationally based airlines to fly to all the other EU countries. Already Ryanair are considering moving their UK operations to the continent for this reason. Even if you can get a flight, you are probably have to get a visa as well. I have just returned from a holiday in Spain, which already cost me considerably more than a similar trip the year before because of fall in the value of Sterling after the Brexit vote. ☹️
 
delc said:
If we crash out of the EU with no agreements and a hard Brexit, you probably won't need your passport, because there will be no flights from the U.K. to anywhere in Europe. This is because of the European Single Skies agreement, which allows all nationally based airlines to fly to all the other EU countries. Already Ryanair are considering moving their UK operations to the continent for this reason. Even if you can get a flight, you are probably have to get a visa as well. I have just returned from a holiday in Spain, which already cost me considerably more than a similar trip the year before because of fall in the value of Sterling after the Brexit vote. ☹️
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Define considerably more. I'm in Spain at least every other month through the winter and every month from April onwards.

I got 1.27€ to the £ last May and I'm getting 1.16€ now. That's 11cents to the £, but that doesn't take into account inflation in Spain, which is running at 2.9%. In effect, its an 8cent difference.

That's 8€ per £100, doesn't sound much, and is less than an evening meal for 2 people in the village where our house is. Yes, big multiples look a lot worse because its a number that hurts, e.g. 800€ in £10,000.

But with a cost of living that's upwards of 40% cheaper, away from the tourist areas, its going to take some movement before it is more expensive to visit Spain.
 
delc said:
If we crash out of the EU with no agreements and a hard Brexit, you probably won't need your passport, because there will be no flights from the U.K. to anywhere in Europe. This is because of the European Single Skies agreement, which allows all nationally based airlines to fly to all the other EU countries. Already Ryanair are considering moving their UK operations to the continent for this reason. Even if you can get a flight, you are probably have to get a visa as well. I have just returned from a holiday in Spain, which already cost me considerably more than a similar trip the year before because of fall in the value of Sterling after the Brexit vote. ☹️
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:rofl:
 
delc said:
Just listened to Farage ranting on LBC about getting a dark blue British Passport back. Personally I don't care what colour it is as long as it gets me through borders. Unlike Mr F, I not going to queue up and waste good money just to exchange my EU Passport for a new style British one as soon as they become available. Hopefully I will be allowed to use my EU Passport until it expires in 8 years time?

Does anybody on here give a monkeys about this issue? 🙄
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Nige didn't disappoint yesterday evening - celebrating in telling us of all those 17million in the UK joyous and high-fiving getting their blue passport back.

So that's what getting back control was all about. The EU passport had stripped them of their identity - of their feeling of being British - of their pride in their country. And all around the country from 2019 happy Leavers will be kissing their passport.

Personally - I would find this very funny were leaving the EU not so serious.
 
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For the record, aviation in Europe is controlled by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and our Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is now subservient to EASA. As long as some sort of negotiated agreement with the EU is achieved, then this arrangement will probably continue. The rules that cover commercial flights between existing EU countries are covered by the European Single Skies Act. If we just crash out of the EU (no pun intended) then our British registered Civil and Commercial aircraft probably won't be allowed to fly outside of British airspace!
 
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delc said:
For the record, aviation in Europe is controlled by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and our Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is now subservient to EASA. As long as some sort of negotiated agreement with the EU is achieved, then this arrangement will probably continue. The rules that cover commercial flights between existing EU countries are covered by the European Single Skies Act. If we just crash out of the EU (no pun intended) then our British registered Civil and Commercial aircraft probably won't be allowed to fly outside of British airspace!
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:rofl:
 
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