Making the news today....

[skyhuck]

2 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

I'm going to call this out Mr Johnson.

 

From what I've read 'landing cards' were destroyed without being backed up. The 'Windrush generation' have on the whole worked for many years, in turn paying tax and NI. They will have had relatives die, children born, all this would have been recorded. That's before we get into school, college, uni records.

 

FFS, it can't be that difficult to work out who's here legit, and who ain't.

Totally agree!!

 

I think this is a case of the "Westminster bubble" they and the likes a of matey can't comprehend that some people don't travel or need a passport, some people just lead a quiet life. I heard accounts of people coming forward with payslips cover decades and that not being seen as proof.

 

Its like me, I have a paper driving licence, the same one I got 30 years ago after passing my test, people are often shocked I don't have photo one.

[Stubby]

4 minutes ago, skyhuck said:

Totally agree!!

 

I think this is a case of the "Westminster bubble" they and the likes a of matey can't comprehend that some people don't travel or need a passport, some people just lead a quiet life. I heard accounts of people coming forward with payslips cover decades and that not being seen as proof.

 

Its like me, I have a paper driving licence, the same one I got 30 years ago after passing my test, people are often shocked I don't have photo one.

Re the paper licensee  Dave . Don't you have to renew it periodically ?  I had the same but it has evolved with the times , beyond my control . What happens if you get a " producer " ? 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

22 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

I'm going to call this out Mr Johnson.

 

From what I've read 'landing cards' were destroyed without being backed up. The 'Windrush generation' have on the whole worked for many years, in turn paying tax and NI. They will have had relatives die, children born, all this would have been recorded. That's before we get into school, college, uni records.

 

FFS, it can't be that difficult to work out who's here legit, and who ain't.

 Duly noted Mr E!  I will now have to spend some time digging out the references to back it up....  But not tonight or tomorrow, and Thursday Friday are looking unlikely.  I know that won't matter because I could leave it a year and you'd pull me up this time 2019!

 Duly noted Mr E!  I will now have to spend some time digging out the references to back it up....  But not tonight or tomorrow, and Thursday Friday are looking unlikely.  I know that won't matter because I could leave it a year and you'd pull me up this time 2019!

 

Totally agree regarding the landing cards, they should have been transferred to the national archive (whether in 'e' or fiche form) for the cultural / historical importance alone, notwithstanding that, they also still have reference and relevance to living people.  That part is an unmitigated, unjustifiable, inappropriate act of social history vandalism and whoever authorised it should be swinging by the test tackles.

 

Agreed, it shouldn't be beyond the whit of man to work out who's legit, and it shouldn't be beyond the capability of someone that's been here for 50+ years to have popped some paperwork in the post before it got to this stage.  2 way street.  

Edited May 1, 2018 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[skyhuck]

2 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Re the paper licensee  Dave . Don't you have to renew it periodically ?  I had the same but it has evolved with the times , beyond my control . What happens if you get a " producer " ? 

No, I got a speeding ticket earlier this year, sent it off, no issue.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

12 minutes ago, skyhuck said:

Totally agree!!

 

I think this is a case of the "Westminster bubble" they and the likes a of matey can't comprehend that some people don't travel or need a passport, some people just lead a quiet life. I heard accounts of people coming forward with payslips cover decades and that not being seen as proof.

 

Its like me, I have a paper driving licence, the same one I got 30 years ago after passing my test, people are often shocked I don't have photo one.

Do you mean me when you say 'matey?'

 

 

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, skyhuck said:

No, I got a speeding ticket earlier this year, sent it off, no issue.

Ok . How long does a driving lenience last ? I have not a clue mate . Silly I know 

[skyhuck]

Just now, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Do you mean me when you say 'matey?'

 

 

Our resident racist and pant messer.

[skyhuck]

1 minute ago, Stubby said:

Ok . How long does a driving lenience last ? I have not a clue mate . Silly I know 

I guess people generally get a fresh one when they move, I ain't moved far.

[Stubby]

Just now, skyhuck said:

I guess people generally get a fresh one when they move, I ain't moved far.

Me neither . 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

3 minutes ago, skyhuck said:

Our resident racist and pant messer.

That's not quite an answer, but it's enough for me not to take offence at being accused of being a pant messer!