Was away for a week visiting my parents. Don’t get to see them nearly enough, in no small part thanks to our lovely “European Values” meaning they have to jump through more hoops to come visit us in Ireland than they can manage at their age. You see, we don’t really see non-Europeans as human in Europe. They’re something less. A potential threat.
I may have an EU passport and pass for white but I never forget that. In fact, I think about it every time I miss my parents.
I used to live in Thailand where locals getting a tourist visa to visit Schengen countries is fairly straightforward but locals getting a tourist visa to visit the UK was practically impossible. I cannot see a reason for this as, so far as I'm aware, there is no wish on the part of most Thais to move to the UK, especially not illegally by entering via a tourist visa. My conclusion therefore is that the government dept responsible is run by bigoted, racist, fückin arseholes!
In my three years over there, I met dozens of Thais who applied for a UK tourist visa; many were in stable relationships with either Brits or other EU nationals (this was before Britain left the EU) and whilst none that I met were refused a Schengen visa if they applied for one, equally none were granted a UK visa; not one single one!
