The angry thread

[Graham]

I believe the Aussie expression would be "somewhere between Buckleys and none".
Not sure how it works in NSW, but in VIC that would mean you were probably doing about 51 or 52, they always knock a couple off, to hopefully save people contesting it.

[Bob G]

Speeding fine.

49km/hr in a 40 zone, 11 minutes before the zone went back to 60km/hr.

Rules are rules. I'm waiting to hear if I'm going to be prosecuted for spending more than 30 seconds in the middle lane of the M69 before pulling in. This is the price you pay for allowing third party dashcam evidence to be used to catch hardened criminals.

[EtchedPixels]

Rules are rules. I'm waiting to hear if I'm going to be prosecuted for spending more than 30 seconds in the middle lane of the M69 before pulling in. This is the price you pay for allowing third party dashcam evidence to be used to catch hardened criminals.

Although we are now at the point where any hardened criminal cites PACE, asks for the chain of evidence and then claims the submitter or police doctored it with AI 

[Bob G]

Although we are now at the point where any hardened criminal cites PACE, asks for the chain of evidence and then claims the submitter or police doctored it with AI 

So far they have refused to show me any of the evidence they have.

[EtchedPixels]

Although we are now at the point where any hardened criminal cites PACE, asks for the chain of evidence and then claims the submitter or police doctored it with AI 

So far they have refused to show me any of the evidence they have.

Subject Access Request is always an option to make them more miserable

[Newportnobby]

Here we are again. Transport grinds to a halt. Schools are shut. Roads closed off.
I think I've found the answer no one else seems to have come up with.
IT'S WINTER. IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR 'COS IT FOLLOWS AUTUMN AND PRECEDES SPRING. WHY ARE YOU NOT PREPARED?

[EtchedPixels]

I was in Vienna during really bad snowfall. There were signs all over the place for anyone unemployed or wanting extra cash to turn up at a list of locations and help clear the essential stuff and get the trams running etc.

That was quite an interesting approach and seemed to actually work.

[JulianO]

Entry to the UK for Dual Nationals:

Apologies if anyone has raised this issue before.

Are those of you living outside of the UK who have dual citizenship (UK and something else,) aware that from February 25th you have to have a UK passport to enter the UK?

An ETA will no longer be acceptable, despite some of us having paid for one last year which was meant to last for 2 years.

Since I haven't had a valid UK passport since 2003, I will now have to go through the rigmarole of applying for one from scratch, at vast expense and hassle.

Meanwhile my wife, who was not born in the UK and is not a UK citizen, can travel to the UK with an ETA which costs 16 pounds.

Is it a revenue gathering exercise? But I can't believe they make much money out of passports.

I have been struggling ever since I found out about this in November to think of what problem they are trying to solve by making this rule.

And I wasn't even born on the mainland of the UK, but in Guernsey!

[Graham]

I must admit I was not aware of this, I will be going back in September and would have just gone on my Aussie passport.
Will have to find out how to apply for one now, as I haven't had one for over 15yrs.
As you say it sounds very much like a revenue raising excercise.

[cmason]

Entry to the UK for Dual Nationals:

Apologies if anyone has raised this issue before.

Are those of you living outside of the UK who have dual citizenship (UK and something else,) aware that from February 25th you have to have a UK passport to enter the UK?

An ETA will no longer be acceptable, despite some of us having paid for one last year which was meant to last for 2 years.

Since I haven't had a valid UK passport since 2003, I will now have to go through the rigmarole of applying for one from scratch, at vast expense and hassle.

Meanwhile my wife, who was not born in the UK and is not a UK citizen, can travel to the UK with an ETA which costs 16 pounds.

Is it a revenue gathering exercise? But I can't believe they make much money out of passports.

I have been struggling ever since I found out about this in November to think of what problem they are trying to solve by making this rule.

And I wasn't even born on the mainland of the UK, but in Guernsey!

This is one of the topics which has recently been much discussed by members of the British Overseas Voters Forum (FYI before anyone thinks this is bringing politics to this place- it is not, the BOVF in not aligned with any party but campaigns for a better deal on behalf of all Brits living overseas). Well worth getting involved with them - either to participate or just simply lurk and listen to the discussions about what is happening...

Colin

[Graham]

I was also talking to a friend of mine recently about visa's and he has Canadian citizenship. On his last visit to Canada, he couldn't get the ETA equivalent for Canada and had to get a full Canadian passport. His wife on the other hand could travel on her NZ passport with an ETA.
Will follow this and see what happens.