The Froth & the Fizz of the EU’s Entry/Exit System

A public moral outrage & the challenge of resilience

I’ve been wondering these past few days whether you’ve been able to hear my head hitting the table from where you are. No, I am not deliberately hitting my head on the table but metaphorically I am; why?

Well it’s all down to the manner in which the European Union’s long-awaited security and visa changes are being reported. I don’t know what it is, but since 2016 here in the UK, the Brexit vote has turned us into an island of victims when it comes to anything to do with that national decision or the consequences of that decision the nation inflicted upon itself. Since 2016, if you believed media reports, the UK is being singled out and being treated badly because of that national decision, through the subsequent decisions the EU has to make in their dealings with the UK, because on Brexit-day, we became a third-party country. This should not have come as a surprise to anyone in the UK, because when we were in the club that is the EU, we knew what the rules would be and we were certainly part of the EU club that enforced those rules or decisions against other third party countries. Read more...(Read More)

The European Union's Border Entry/Exit System has arrived!