On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:09:06 +0100, Eeyore
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Spehro Pefhany wrote:

John Fields wrote:
Eeyore wrote:
Spehro Pefhany wrote:
the renowned Eeyore wrote:
John Fields wrote:
Eeyore wrote:

The Falkland Islanders have continually expressed a desire to remain British.

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Again, the lesser of two evils.
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Where's the tyranny in that ?

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Well, let's see. The war was in 1982 and they've only been allowed
full British citizenship since 1983. Prior to that they were
second-class Brits, so I guess the tyranny ended in 1983, huh?

Show me a passport that says 'second class British citizen' will you ?


http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kimage/data_english.gif

Note the "Overseas" bit.

But not "second class".

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synonym

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British..._and_Hong_Kong

"British Nationals (Overseas) are Commonwealth citizens so they enjoy
most civic rights in the United Kingdom. They are also eligible for a
free-of-charge Residence Permit if they wish to study in the UK [1].
But BN(O)s are not full British citizens or European citizens and they
do not have the right of abode in the United Kingdom."

Not much of a citizenship if you are not allowed to live permanently
in the country...

The distinction was introduced in view of ever growing immigration numbers. There's a
limit to this country's ability to support a large population. It's getting crazy again
with EU immigration, notably from Poland and other East European countries.


Graham

Sure, and if things had turned out ugly (say, a replay of the Great
Proletarian Cultural Revolution) and HK was sacked) it would have been
quite inconvenient to have all those foreigners looking for refuge..
even of only 10% of them (maybe 500K) had been able to leave. A
shameful episode, IMHO.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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