• wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    stating that, out of one million applicants over the last ten years, three in four gave up due to red tape and an application process that can take months to complete.

    They should bring back that thing where you get drunk and find a shilling in your pocket and papers that you’re now property of the Royal Navy. It only slightly contributed to several major wars.