{"id":1229,"date":"2013-02-18T09:15:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T09:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2013-02-18T09:15:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T09:15:38","slug":"let-all-come-to-the-uk-who-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2013\/02\/let-all-come-to-the-uk-who-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Let All Come to the UK who want"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the future, disasters are waiting. Floods, famine, heat waves, hurricanes will all happen more often. In the UK though, things will not be as bad as in many other countries. The UK will be a lifeboat country and people must be allowed to come here to escape the disasters in their own country that the UK has had a large part in causing. As part of this we should abolish passports. I am annoyed every time I pass through some airport at having to wait in long queues st passport control. Travelling by plane from one country to another should involve as little paperwork as going from london to Birmingham &#8211; only your ticket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the future, disasters are waiting. Floods, famine, heat waves, hurricanes will all happen more often. In the UK though, things will not be as bad as in many other countries. The UK will be a lifeboat country and people &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2013\/02\/let-all-come-to-the-uk-who-want\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-jP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":698,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/09\/will-all-foreign-students-please-leave-the-uk\/","url_meta":{"origin":1229,"position":0},"title":"Will All Foreign Students Please Leave the UK?","author":"taxicle","date":"September 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The British Government has just shot itself in both feet, the head, and between the legs. 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