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20-01-22, 19:48
Des Parrot

British passports

Just returned from Poland for a couple of days … walk up to the E Gate armed with my brand new shiny blue British passport.

Gets rejected.. go to desk. WTF. Man on desk tells men the E Gates are not set up for the new British passport. FFS. Yet another incompetent Brexit linked failing.
20-01-22, 19:57
Hilts

Re: British passports

Quote:

Originally Posted by Des Parrot

Just returned from Poland for a couple of days … walk up to the E Gate armed with my brand new shiny blue British passport.

Gets rejected.. go to desk. WTF. Man on desk tells men the E Gates are not set up for the new British passport. FFS. Yet another incompetent Brexit linked failing.

Yeah but its blue.

Thats far more important.
20-01-22, 20:01
The Lone Gunman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Des Parrot

....walk up to the E Gate armed with my brand new shiny blue British passport.

Where's E gate?
20-01-22, 20:42
The Bloop

Re: British passports

Quote:

Originally Posted by Des Parrot

Just returned from Poland for a couple of days … walk up to the E Gate armed with my brand new shiny blue British passport.

Gets rejected.. go to desk. WTF. Man on desk tells men the E Gates are not set up for the new British passport. FFS. Yet another incompetent Brexit linked failing.

He scored a great hatrick for Ipswich at NP in the FA Cup many years ago.
20-01-22, 23:05
lardy

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

Where's E gate?

Probably at the airport.
20-01-22, 23:11
life on mars

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I came back from Spain and flew right through , ended up in the sea ??
21-01-22, 00:24
JamesWales

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No one should have to go through this kind of pain and suffering.
21-01-22, 02:04
NYCBlue

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When were passports ever blue anyway? My old passport was black.
21-01-22, 02:43
Rock_Flock_of_Five

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

When were passports ever blue anyway? My old passport was black.

"Craig Burston, senior lecturer in graphic design at the London College of Communication, which incorporates what was the London College of Printing, says there is nothing to suggest the "dominant colour" of the new passport is blue.
But if it is blue, "it must be the most apologetic shade of blue they could find" because "it's as black as blue gets".

"The Home Office would not specify the shade of this blue, although a spokesman said it was close to, if not exactly, a blue numbered as 5395C in the Pantone classification."
21-01-22, 06:18
Jimmy the Jock

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

"Craig Burston, senior lecturer in graphic design at the London College of Communication, which incorporates what was the London College of Printing, says there is nothing to suggest the "dominant colour" of the new passport is blue.
But if it is blue, "it must be the most apologetic shade of blue they could find" because "it's as black as blue gets".

"The Home Office would not specify the shade of this blue, although a spokesman said it was close to, if not exactly, a blue numbered as 5395C in the Pantone classification."

Fascinating. :thumbup:
21-01-22, 08:56
IanD

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Get ready to cough up for the EU visa waiver, too.

https://www.etiasvisa.com/
21-01-22, 09:06
Croesy Blue

Re: British passports

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

"Craig Burston, senior lecturer in graphic design at the London College of Communication, which incorporates what was the London College of Printing, says there is nothing to suggest the "dominant colour" of the new passport is blue.
But if it is blue, "it must be the most apologetic shade of blue they could find" because "it's as black as blue gets".

"The Home Office would not specify the shade of this blue, although a spokesman said it was close to, if not exactly, a blue numbered as 5395C in the Pantone classification."

Same problem as with Priest’s socks

https://youtu.be/wx8-mysJG2s
21-01-22, 09:37
poc

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

When were passports ever blue anyway? My old passport was black.

my new one is black also
21-01-22, 10:34
The Lone Gunman

Re: British passports

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

Where's E gate?

Quote:

Originally Posted by lardy

Probably at the airport.

I was hoping it could be narrowed down a bit.
21-01-22, 10:38
bobh

Re: British passports

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

Where's E gate?

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Originally Posted by lardy

Probably at the airport.

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

I was hoping it could be narrowed down a bit.

In between D Gate and F Gate
21-01-22, 10:38
Doucas

Re: British passports

Quote:

Originally Posted by Des Parrot

Just returned from Poland for a couple of days … walk up to the E Gate armed with my brand new shiny blue British passport.

Gets rejected.. go to desk. WTF. Man on desk tells men the E Gates are not set up for the new British passport. FFS. Yet another incompetent Brexit linked failing.

'NOtHiNg tO dO wItH bReXiT'
21-01-22, 10:44
lardy

Re: British passports

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

I was hoping it could be narrowed down a bit.

Good idea.

Des. Where is E gate?
21-01-22, 10:56
MOZZER2

Re: British passports

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Originally Posted by lardy

Good idea.

Des. Where is E gate?

probably next to D gate :hehe:
21-01-22, 12:13
light up the darkness

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

I was hoping it could be narrowed down a bit.

As you enter the border control hall where the guards of said border check your passport it’s first on the left before you get to the queues

There’s usually a nice lady pointing you in the right direction so that you can move away from the common herd.

On a regular basis they don’t function as expected so you soon get redirected to the queuing hoi poloi

The other thing I’ve occasionally noticed when the queues are huge and families with children are escorted to the front area is that the ‘family’ often has an increase in numbers as loiterers tag in behind and get a ride to the front.
21-01-22, 12:17
JamesWales

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E's a gate, e's a gate. E's ebeneezer gate.
21-01-22, 12:23
light up the darkness

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Originally Posted by lardy

Good idea.

Des. Where is E gate?

E for electronic
21-01-22, 12:50
Des Parrot

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Originally Posted by lardy

Good idea.

Des. Where is E gate?

In every major airport in the world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPassport_gates

I always use them as there are normally zero queues. Seems the, ones at Heathrow have not been set up for new British passports, despite having up to 6 years to do so!
21-01-22, 12:53
lardy

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There we go, gunman. Mystery solved

Turns out it was in the airport after all.
21-01-22, 13:36
willo1927

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

In every major airport in the world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPassport_gates

I always use them as there are normally zero queues. Seems the, ones at Heathrow have not been set up for new British passports, despite having up to 6 years to do so!

So why are you mentioning Brexit when it was the airports fault?
21-01-22, 13:42
Rjk

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Originally Posted by willo1927

So why are you mentioning Brexit when it was the airports fault?

if there wasn't brexit then there also wouldn't have been this problem
21-01-22, 19:05
willo1927

Re: British passports

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Originally Posted by Rjk

if there wasn't brexit then there also wouldn't have been this problem

If it wasn't for the airports incompetence there wouldn't have been the problem.
Get over it.
21-01-22, 19:36
ToTaL ITK

Re: British passports

Quote:

Originally Posted by Des Parrot

Just returned from Poland for a couple of days … walk up to the E Gate armed with my brand new shiny blue British passport.

Gets rejected.. go to desk. WTF. Man on desk tells men the E Gates are not set up for the new British passport. FFS. Yet another incompetent Brexit linked failing.

lol hahaha..what did you expect
21-01-22, 23:06
blue matt

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Originally Posted by willo1927

So why are you mentioning Brexit when it was the airports fault?

they just won't let it lie
21-01-22, 23:19
Croesy Blue

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Why won’t people just let it lie? It’s only a massive economical **** up so some really rich people can get richer while everyone else is worse off.

Still people voted for it without being able to say why and without being able to name a tangible positive so just “get over it” guys!
21-01-22, 23:21
Eric the Half a Bee

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Originally Posted by blue matt

they just won't let it lie

It'll never be the fault of Brexit. Just as we talk on another thread about blame, misleading surveys etc, so the same will happen with Brexit, and probably Covid, where people will still believe what they want and find some ways of backing up their misguided thoughts.
21-01-22, 23:50
cyril evans awaydays

Re: British passports

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Originally Posted by willo1927

So why are you mentioning Brexit when it was the airports fault?

I would have thought the systems were designed and operated by the UK Government's Border Force rather than the airlines. If so, a bit of a cock-up to fail to design a new passport that works with existing e-gate technology or adapt the technology to cater for the new passport when it was introduced. Presumably those travelling with pesky old EU passports are flying through. Ironically this allows EU citizens to use those gates whilst British subjects are ushered towards the smiling faces that are the UK Border Force.

As an aside, I too have a new passport. I have failed to get through the e-gates at Luton airport on two recent trips with it but in fairness I had similar trouble with my old one. I have quite a common surname and a border guard once told me that the algorithm used to uniquely identify individuals does not always work in such circumstances and I was always likely to get rejected at the gates and sent for a human passport clearance.
22-01-22, 08:07
Citizen's Nephew

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Originally Posted by willo1927

If it wasn't for the airports incompetence there wouldn't have been the problem.
Get over it.

If only we'd had a perfectly great system of freedom of movement and were European Citizens before we needed to reinvent the wheel.
22-01-22, 10:22
RichardM

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Originally Posted by willo1927

So why are you mentioning Brexit when it was the airports fault?

Because be the government used Brexit as an excuse to change UK passports. Although, in reality they could have changed them at any time, there were EU rules saying what colour they had to be.
22-01-22, 12:21
Des Parrot

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Originally Posted by blue matt

they just won't let it lie

I guess I’ll never let it lie. I’m now living in Poland and in the process of making roughly 750 British people redundant, moving those jobs to Poland due to Brexit. Our UK factory had trebled output and export value to around £120m per annum between 2009 - 2019. That will all be gone by 2025 as all of our European customers mandate that the product should be made within the EU. Am I bitter at the dismantling of a very successful UK business, of course I am.
22-01-22, 12:32
Swiss Peter

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

I guess I’ll never let it lie. I’m now living in Poland and in the process of making roughly 750 British people redundant, moving those jobs to Poland due to Brexit. Our UK factory had trebled output and export value to around £120m per annum between 2009 - 2019. That will all be gone by 2025 as all of our European customers mandate that the product should be made within the EU. Am I bitter at the dismantling of a very successful UK business, of course I am.

Sorry to hear that. It is scandalous. No doubt the Brexit apologists will be on with some spurious GDP and trade statistics that tell you absolutely nothing compared to your real life experience.
22-01-22, 12:58
RichardM

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Originally Posted by RichardM

Because be the government used Brexit as an excuse to change UK passports. Although, in reality they could have changed them at any time, there were EU rules saying what colour they had to be.

That should have said there were no EU rules.
22-01-22, 14:16
CopenhagenBlue

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

In every major airport in the world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPassport_gates

I always use them as there are normally zero queues. Seems the, ones at Heathrow have not been set up for new British passports, despite having up to 6 years to do so!

The E-Gate worked fine in LHR Terminal 5 2 weeks ago, first time I'd used the new passport in a year of having it. Was actually surprised how smooth that process went, being the first time back in over 2 years. Was quite possibly just a lucky day though.
22-01-22, 14:51
Dorcus

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Originally Posted by RichardM

Because be the government used Brexit as an excuse to change UK passports. Although, in reality they could have changed them at any time, there were EU rules saying what colour they had to be.

I loved the burgundy ones and will miss them.
22-01-22, 20:17
Jimmy the Jock

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Originally Posted by Rjk

if there wasn't brexit then there also wouldn't have been this problem

Things have improved since brexit .. Why dont you embrace it ?
Anything negative is covid.:-)
23-01-22, 20:05
Joe Gillis

Re: British passports

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

No one should have to go through this kind of pain and suffering.

:hehe::hehe::hehe:

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