Daily Mail petition to have passports made in UK

ninny "The usual GN suspects ganging up"

Why is more than one person disagreeing with a poster "ganging up"??? do you think people contact each other and say "lets all disagree wth so-and -so?"

"the Usual Daily Mail readers and Ukippers ganging up" could be said and be just as accurate (i.e. NOT)

I don’t think you can describe UK passports being manufactured in France,Amsterdam, Poland or wherever as trivial.

It's a shame that people are focussing on the trivia rather than some of the really important issues of leaving the EU.

If only people were so worried about the Irish border or the provisions for EU citizens in Britain or British citizens in the EU!

Under EU procurement rules for contracts over a certain value we have to open up the competition to all in EU. However, it does appear the French found a get out clause "security reasons". It will be interesting to see if it is valid and could be used.

Yes I did sign it ninny and was very happy to do so. I don’t have any hang ups about the Daily Mail although I take a lot of what they say with a pinch of salt but feel that this petition can only be a good thing.

Over 70,000 now. At least you signed the petition Gillybob.

The usual GN suspects ganging up but hey ho par for the course on here. Carry on.

Well okay maybe very was a bit of an exaggeration. Should have said “quite”.

What is patriotism as seen through the eyes of a DM reader?

"Unpatriotic EU lovers."
well thats a lot of people you have made a sweeping statement about.
I could say some people on here are narrow- minded French- and German- haters. But I won't as it would be totally ridiculous.

I am a Remainer and very patriotic too . You can be both you know !

I wouldn't expect anything else from Remainers. Unpatriotic EU lovers.

Oh do stop spouting insulting rubbish, ninny.

We could have and should have, but we didn’t did we ? Mores the pity .

The French print their own passports citing 'security' reasons for not putting them out to tender.

We could, I presume, have done that too and avoided all this silly fuss.

I didn’t want Brexit either Jura

Questions need to be asked How and Why such a massive difference in prices though MazieD is it because the French government are subsiding their own ? The fact that they may be produced in Poland ( much lower employment costs etc.) ? is it because they will hold us to ransom for more money later on ???? I want answers !

I wouldn't expect anything else from Remainers. Unpatriotic EU lovers.

Can you image the French or the Germans letting their passport contract coming over to us I don't think so. Stand up for Britain.

Someone mentioned very quietly on the 'blue passports' thread yesterday that exactly the same thing would have happened under WTO procurement rules (yes, they have rules, too, which members have to observe).

De La Rue lost out in the bidding process because their price was too high.

I'm very sad that this may mean lost jobs in the N.E but I won't be signing this rather ridiculous petition.

I do want Brexit and I want British passports to be produced in the UK ?? by a British Company.

oh the irony and the hypocrisy

you wanted Brexit- well you got it

Over 52,000 now.

I totally agree with you ninny .

How very DM!

You wouldn't be supporting the Daily Mail you would be supporting a petition to have UK ?? passports made in the UK. Unpatriotic not to vote for UK workers and save this UK company and its workforce in my opinion.

I'm all for things being made in the Uk, always buy British made furniture, local produce etc, try very hard to avoid plastic tat from China, but doesn't mean I have to support the DM.

Over 47,000 now and counting