Reply to post: Re: Hmmm 42 years after joining the Common Market

UK now part of another Euro data-spaff scheme

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Re: Hmmm 42 years after joining the Common Market

>'Her Majestys' servants don't really care if we leave.

The police can however just ask a local magistrate for a banning order and confiscate your passport if they "suspect" you plan to do something naughty abroad. Of course the legislation was only intended for football hooligans - it just came in really useful for stopping anti-G8 protesters going to Paris.

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