Comment on I went to the UK last week. Nothing about my trip was legal.
cabbage@piefed.social 1 day agoIt's easier to find the website retroactively when you already have it and you know which vocabulary it uses. Use the wrong word and you only get a million articles about illegal immigration.
Furthermore, we had no way of knowing a website like this now existed, as in the past you would sail in and then register. We had no reason to believe anything had changed on that front and therefore no reason to conduct a whole lot of research into it.
If I wanted to enter illegally I would obviously have saved my £20 and not gotten an ETA, as I ended up not needing it anyway.
leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
On behalf of the saner members of the UK, sorry about Murray. Sadly, we're overrun with pedants of this nature which is largely why we've become such a backward set of mouth breathers since 2016-ish.
cabbage@piefed.social 1 day ago
All good - the UK is a fascinating mix between the best and the worst. I guess that's almost part of the charm at this point.