Thought I'd start a new thread as this is going to be a major talking point this year...have not made up my mind yet...(unlike bucksfizz)....but thinking of voting for an exit as Europe is not doing Britain any good at all it seems....

Yeah instead of fish he should round up a load of remainers and chuck them in instead.

I nominate Fred to be first :-)

More bad Brexit news...inflation is down and now at a 7 month low. If that wasn't enough, the pound is getting stronger.

I blame global warming .

Well it's certainly got nothing to do with Corby and his clowns.

National humiliation as post-Brexit passports set to be made by Franco-Dutch firm

Vicky and Jimbo will be frothing at the lips.

:o)

Not only Jimmy and Vic.

Yes. Not only Jimmy and Vic and Iturama.

It's bloody disgusting about the passport printing contract for the UK's new passports might be won by/given to a non-UK printer. And embarrassing too!

De La Rue said Thursday it missed out on the contract to print the UK's new post-Brexit blue passports but insisted that this would not have an impact on the performance of the current and next financial year.

The current 10-year contract with Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) - due to expire in July 2019 - had a total value of roughly £400m.

'The company is disappointed with the outcome of the tender process and will now consider its options including an appeal,' De la Rue said.

Maybe time to chuck some passports in the Thames, I think. And let's get a properly/adequately licensed boat this time, too. All is not yet lost.

tells you something about DLR's pricing and/or productivity, for i think it was something like £50m cheaper to print in Europe, despite the comparative strength of €

why do you think the shipbuilding industry collapsed?
it wasn't just because it was strike-prone thanks to militant unions

Let's face it ladies, it hardly seems worth the hassle of leaving, does it?

:-)

Fortunately for me, my passport is getting ready for a renewal. I might just manage to get away paying for one new one.

Or will the blighters scam me for two.....?

Cynic? Where are you?

UK Should adopt the German method of quotation.

It the answer is Siemens. Then what is the question.

Works every time.

I have no problem with who makes our passports as long as they are blue and British .
Should get the Germans over here to do our roads as well ,bloody disgusting ,like a third world country now.

I think I'm right in saying that the price of passports is going up within the next few days. So be quick if it needs renewing!

I think also, that it's going to be cheaper to do it online than by post.

From MSE:

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/family/2018/01/passport-price-rises-announced---heres-how-to-beat-the-jump

The referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union was held on 23 June 2016. Prior to this , the Government published a leaflet setting out its recommendation that the UK should remain a member of the EU; this leaflet was distributed to every household in the UK.

The cost of publishing and distributing the leaflet was £9.3 million.

Brexit campaigners expressed anger that public money was used to fund the 'Remain Leaflet' but the Government has said that it was entirely legitimate for it to make the case for staying in the EU and there was no legal reason why it could not do so.

Breaking:

Remain and Leave reach agreement - they aren't hypocrites, it's the other side.

EL - i'm in the office ... why?

Gawd , still bloody moaning.

Such bad losers.