{"id":41508,"date":"2021-03-06T09:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T14:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=41508"},"modified":"2021-03-06T09:20:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T14:20:17","slug":"papers-please-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=41508","title":{"rendered":"Papers, Please"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/03\/05\/papers-please-britons-travelling-abroad-must-carry-lockdown-exemption-be-fined-200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a> posted an article about a new restrictions on Britons traveling abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>From Monday, Britons travelling overseas will have to fill out a government <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/coronavirus-covid-19-declaration-form-for-international-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">form<\/a> explaining why they are exempt from coronavirus lockdown restrictions and can leave the country. They must present the declaration for inspection when required, and if unable to could be fined \u00a3200.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>It is currently\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/covid-19-britons-travelling-abroad-must-carry-form-stating-why-theyre-exempt-from-lockdown-rules-or-face-163200-fine-12236847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">illegal<\/a> to travel abroad for holidays or non-essential purposes, and <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/2021-02-24\/covid-international-travel-could-resume-from-may-17-transport-secretary-tells-peston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">likely<\/a> until at least May 17th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Home Secretary Priti Patel <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/police-to-bar-britons-from-overseas-travel-unless-essential-under-new-covid-19-rules-xpjnk77hq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">announced<\/a> on January 27th the introduction of the declaration form, and the measures will come into force on Monday, March 8th. Britain\u2019s Department of Transport said on Friday that airline carriers will be checking the forms either at check-in or the departure gate, <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/covid-19-britons-travelling-abroad-must-carry-form-stating-why-theyre-exempt-from-lockdown-rules-or-face-163200-fine-12236847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">according<\/a> to Sky News, and that those without the form or a valid reason listed on it could be denied leave to depart.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The\u00a0three-page declaration\u00a0form for international travel,\u00a0found on the government website,\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/967118\/declaration-form-for-international-travel.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">states<\/a> that \u201cyou must complete this form to confirm that you are outside of your home to travel abroad for a legally permitted reason.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cLegally permitted reasons\u201d for travelling overseas include work, volunteering or educational purposes, medical reasons, on compassionate grounds, and weddings, funerals, and other similar events.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article notes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Other governments have also been working on covid-related documentation for international travel, specifically the \u2018vaccine passport\u2019, which proves vaccination against the Chinese virus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/03\/01\/coronavirus-vaccine-passports-to-be-introduced-in-european-union\/\">announced<\/a> on Monday that it was working on producing a vaccine passport, dubbing it the \u201cDigital Green Pass\u201d, which the Eurocrat said would\u00a0\u201cgradually enable [EU citizens] to move safely in the European Union or abroad \u2013 for work or tourism\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Number 10 Downing Street indicated that it was talking with the EU about the vaccine passports, with a spokesman saying, <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2021\/03\/01\/budget-news-rishi-sunak-brazil-variant-vaccine-lockdown-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">according<\/a> to <em>The Telegraph:<\/em>\u00a0\u201cWe have said that we are looking at the issue of vaccine passports. As you can expect, DfT (the Department for Transport) will work and do speak to countries across the world in terms of how they may look to introduce passports.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cOf course you can expect us to speak to the EU and other countries on how they may implement any similar sorts of policies,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The coronavirus is being used by governments all over the world to make us less free. We have treatments for the virus,and we have a vaccine. In spite of that, we are rapidly losing our freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday Breitbart posted an article about a new restrictions on Britons traveling abroad. 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