Europeans now need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) permit to visit the UK – here’s what to know

I had a survey from my local (Tory) MP. On it were "on a scale of zero to ten, how important are these national issues to you?" Alongside obviously important stuff like the NHS, was "Immigration". I rated it Zero.

That's exactly the point. You're not wanted here, and shitty policies like this are in place to deter you from coming here. It's a byproduct of the anti-immigration hysteria.

I wouldn't blame you in the slightest for going elsewhere. The UK is a sickly place these days.

Visting internet without an ad blocker is literally impossible these days. It's simply mandatory.

Eh, I guess that also makes sense in the dumbest way possible. Man what shitty times.

It is the same neoliberal racist imperial bipartisanship like in the US. It is the same concept of being sponsored by the oligarchy and doing their bidding. The US is what the British wealthy aspire to.

This is both hilarious and saddening that instead of less restrictions between countries we are moving back to being more segregated.

Why is Labour as shitty as the Tories right now?

I thought they were the better guys

It's defintely that. They went even further before until it was pointed out to them that it was a bit to obvious.

Appeasing the anti-immigration political right. Since hating immigration is in vogue right now. It's not just non-EU citizens that we treat with contempt. It's also EU citizens, especially eastern Europeans.

I hate the direction the UK is taking.

Okay, will choose another country to visit next then. One of all the fellow EU countries I can freely visit without any sort of visa. The UK needs the EU and shoot's themselves if you ask me

Just for completeness sake, the EU is currently in the process of introducing a similar system called ETIAS.

more of an Ireland kind of guy anyway..

Wow, reading that side in-app browser without the fancy ad blockers is literally cancer, there is basically no space left to read anything

On topic: those brits will forever puzzle me, on the other hand, so do most humans

Can someone eli5 why this exist other than to milk tourists?