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Mallorca22/12/2022 15:23
Earlier this week I accused Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg of “putting his foot in it again” by advising Britons to holiday in Portugal, not Spain in order to avoid long queues at Spanish border controls.
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Brits seem to have a chip on their shoulder for some reason. Or is it that they think they are diiferent from other non EU people and should be treated as such.
It's also worth pointing out that Brits aren't the only nationality that is burdened with atrocities such as passport control, or inability to use machine passport readers. In fact, any non-schengen visitors have to endure it, and virtually any non-EU citizen cannot use electronic passport control. And it's not just in Spain, and not just in Mallorca, it's the entire Schengen area. And even more perplexing, that literally dwarfs the size of the UK. And ironically, it's the same in the UK as well. *everybody* has to go through passport control when entering the UK. I've spent hours queueing at London airports. But do you hear me and others ranting? Brits however, seem to be the only ones claiming unfairness. And furthermore, the majority of the remaining 75% of tourism are primarily EU citizens, who enjoy the absence of passport control and suffer fewer barriers. But that's just some of the many benefits of EU membership. If you don't like not being part of it, well... it was Britain's choice. We can't help you with that. Oh, and in my first post, I meant to open with "it's NOT that Brits aren't wanted" (I'm old and miss things on this little screen). I'm sure Brits are welcome. But it's Brits who seem believe they're singled out and abused by having to do the same as others. And that's the real reason for all this fury and outrage. If you weren't british, you'd just live with it, like everybody else does. But you are, so you can't. I suppose it does make you more noticeable though.
It's that Brits aren't wanted. British money is as good as the other 75% of the market. Perhaps it's that Brits represent roughly 25% of the market, yet no sign of any mass exodus of Brits, despite the hopeful speculation, and since British tourism generally seeks the cheaper end of the holiday scales (for obvious reasons, and by your own repeated assertions, Humphrey)... ...perhaps it's just that Britain isn't quite as important and exceptional as it would like to believe. There's quite a bit of historical form there.