Unions vs Conservative government, the rematch

[Mich the Tester]

I've never been asked. How do they know you live abroad?

I don't know, but I don't like the fact that they know.

[darmstadt]

I don't know, but I don't like the fact that they know.

They can tell by looking at my passport as it was issued by the consulate here although in theory I could have lost it and had another one issued but I doubt that would be the case as it takes 6 weeks to come through. Interestingly enough I had the German police around the other day who wanted to see my passport and none of us could work out where it was issued as it doesn't actually say where, you have to find the TLA: FCO in it somewhere.

[The Spartan]

It surprises me. Each time I visit the UK, with my British passport, I´m asked by passport control 'how long do you intend to stay´, and occasionally ´are you coming here to work´. My first instinct is to respond ´none of your business´ seeing as I am a British citizen and have the right to live and work in the UK. Are they just pretending to do something useful by making things slow and difficult for people who are allowed to be in the UK?

I have a passport with a microchip so I get to use the fast track lane, one thing that really bothers me though is nowhere on the passport application does it say that I consent to the use of facial recognition