This kind of crap hits home because I remember the years of stress after Brexit, in working out what we’d do as a family. When time and time again, my Icelandic wife fell through the cracks. The thousands we spent on legal fees. (Our lawyer was ace though.) The bureaucracy. The local library displaying Mein Kampf prominently next to where foreigners had to supply biometric data. The almost performative cruelty of the system. The absurd twists of the knife from the Home Office. Tear it all down.
@craiggrannell my OH is Filipino and was on the front lines during Covid. (Her ward became a Covid ward.) Everyone clapped, but what she really needs is permanent residency without having to pay thosands of pounds for the privilege.
Most British born people are totally shielded from our immigration system. But once you get close, you see how strict and punishing it is. The cost of becoming a resident, then citizen, is slow and expensive. And yet politicians have the audacity to weaponise it.
@rowan_johnson I hope she gets through the system OK. And, yes, Brits have no idea. The number of times I heard “just get her a passport, then” as if all you had to do was complete and mail a form.
@craiggrannell exactly, and thank you. Despite what the rags say, it’s really hard to get residency and citizenship here. The average person has no idea how visas and immigration works.
@aldriq Indeed. Labour is petrified of losing the nativist vote. I imagine it will be less performative than the Tories, but that doesn’t mean it will be any better.
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