From: Adam 

Antti Kurenniemi wrote:

> "Dave Ings"  wrote in message
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>
>>I believe the concern from many businesses on both sides of the border is
>>that casual, spontaneous trips will be discouraged with an attendant loss
>>of
>>business. That may be true in the short term, when the policy is first
>>enforced, but I can't see it being a problem in the long term as a greater
>>percentage of the population gets passports. People will adjust, as they
>>always do.
>
>
> Yeppers. Here, many people (including me) keep their passport with them if
> there's a slightest chance of a trip abroad - like, say, a boat trip to
> Estonia on a nice summer day, or pop by the Russian side to buy a load of
> cheap vodka for the weekend party, or why not go to Stockholm for the
> weekend, it's really nice in the summer...
>
> A passport is a pretty small item to carry along.
>

Yeah but if you want to go from France to Germany or Belgium to the
Netherlands or etc. etc. then no passport needed at all.

Personally I think Scots should have passports....

Adam

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