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Private equity veteran Guy Hands says Boris Johnson ‘threw the country and the NHS under the bus’ 'Complete disaster' and 'total lies': Tory billionaire lambasts effects of Brexit – audio Guy Hands, a leading City figure, has called Brexit a “complete disaster” and a “bunch of total lies” that has harmed large parts of the …
The power to denaturalise a British subject on the basis of their behaviour was first introduced by legislation in 1918. With some adjustments, the power remained broadly the same until as late as 2002. Essentially, only a person who had naturalised as British could be stripped of their citizenship and the main grounds for doing …
Shamima Begum, the British woman who joined ISIS as a 15 year old loses UK citizenship appeal Shamima Begum, the British girl who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15, has lost her appeal against the decision by the UK government to revoke her British citizenship. The ruling does not …
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Image caption, Some migrants have decided to leave Tunisia in the wake of President Kais Saied's comments When in trouble, blame the migrants or ethnic minorities. That is a tried and tested tactic used by populist politicians or authoritarian leaders to win elections or shore up waning popularity. This type of populism appears to be the …
