Who are the hypocrites here

[whypikonme]

Tho' I can see how my intrusions on your drivel irk you so.

Nothing irks me Mankey, l just fail to see how you justify your proclivity for acerbity, and your air of superiority, when you are, in fact, a dick.

[manker]

Tho' I can see how my intrusions on your drivel irk you so.

Nothing irks me Mankey, l just fail to see how you justify your proclivity for acerbity, and your air of superiority, when you are, in fact, a dick.

Hypocrisy in a thread about hypocrites.

You rule.

[whypikonme]

Hypocrisy in a thread about hypocrites.

You rule.

l'll take your word for it, l'm not too well up on Welsh logic.

[manker]

Hypocrisy in a thread about hypocrites.

You rule.

l'll take your word for it, l'm not too well up on Welsh logic.

What do you mean, it's the same as normal logic

Or are you being racist.

[whypikonme]

Or are you being racist.

Is Welsh a race? l thought it was a language.

[manker]

Or are you being racist.

Is Welsh a race? l thought it was a language.

So you weren't up on the logic of something you thought was a language.

That's a bit mental.

[lynx]

Or are you being racist.

Is Welsh a race? l thought it was a language.

No you didn't, unless you believe that languages possess logic.

I thought everyone new that the Welsh are a race of small woolly creatures.

[JPaul]

G'Day, Blue.

How's things in Oz.

Spliffing ... warm and cricketless, and yourself?

Just dandy, the Hoops won yesterday and the huns drew with Falkirk.

All in all a good day.

[Rat Faced]

Consular Services


What a British Consulate can do for you
What a British Consulate cannot do for you
British Consuls will do everything they properly can to help British people in difficulty abroad. This page gives advice what help you can expect from a British Consul.

They can...

Issue emergency passports.
Contact relatives and friends and ask them to help you with money or tickets.
Tell you how to transfer money.
In an emergency, cash you a sterling cheque worth up to £100 if supported by a valid banker's card.
As a last resort, in exceptional circumstances, and as long as you meet certain strict rules, give you a loan to get you back to the UK, but only if there is no-one else who can help you.
Help you get in touch with local lawyers, interpreters and doctors.
Arrange for next of kin to be told of an accident or a death and advise on procedures.
Visit you if you have been arrested or put in prison, and arrange for messages to be sent to relatives and friends.
Put you in touch with organisations who help trace missing persons.
Speak to the local authorities on your behalf.

UK law says we have to charge for some services. Consulates display the current fees and the standards of service you can expect under Service First.
But they cannot...

Intervene in court cases.
Get you out of prison.
Give legal advice or start court proceedings for you.
Get you better treatment in hospital or prison than is given to local nationals.
Investigate a crime.
Pay your hotel, legal, medical or any other bills.
Pay your travel costs, except in special circumstances.
Do work normally done by travel agents, airlines, banks or motoring organisations.
Get you somewhere to live, a job or work permit.
Demand you be treated as British if you are a dual national in the country of your second nationality.

The Consulate Services arent there for Natural Disasters, they're there for the little things such as illness, accidents, being arrested etc.

In order to help, they also need to know that your there.. ie: You should have registered with them when you arrived.

How mant people actually do this? Register with their Consulate when they arrive in a foreign country? I know I dont.

However, notice the part ive highlighted... if people are expecting better treatment than the locals because they are British, then they really are living 100 years too late. The British Empire was a long long time ago..

Why the hell do they expect to be given special treatment? The Consulate will help if they can, sure... but they are not there to be the servants of indignated Brits.



The Swedish thing was well out of order though Rose, i agree...and its actually worse than you think. The EU consulates are all there for EU citizens.. ie: If there is a French Consulate but no British, i can go there etc..

Sweden is in the EU... the Swedish Husband and kids therefore had the same rights under their own passports, as the woman did under her British one at the Consulate.

[whypikonme]

I thought everyone new that the Welsh are a race of small woolly creatures.

Yes, l wondered about that .. l once had a Welsh Springer Spaniel, but l knew for a fact it was born in London.