Filling in passport application forms so that my children can have dual UK-US nationality has made me question my own provenanceYou can bid a lot approximately a country by the nature of its officialdom,something I assume approximately every time I pass through an airport. In the US, the cliche of the immigration officer is of a bullet-headed patriot snarling through shatterproof glass. In the UK, and it is of a power-mad receptionist,pinched with condescension. There is no sarcasm on earth as finely calibrated as that of the British official in his utilize of the word “madam”. Related: Anything to declare? Yes, the new UK passport is a bad, or sexist joke | Nell Frizzell Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com