mattthomas wrote:It doesn't break the law because she has dual citizenship, she retains her Pakistani citizenship so the UK gov have just pushed the problem onto them.

The home secretary, Sajid Javid, wrote to her family informing them he had made an order revoking her citizenship. He said the fact Begum’s parents are of Bangladeshi heritage means she can apply for citizenship of that country – though Begum says she has never been there.

She was born in the UK. She has never held another passport. She has foreign parents. I am in exactly the same category. And so, for that matter is Sajid Javid.

I suppose he gives not a fuck, on the basis that the only incentive behind his judgements, from this to the refugee 'crisis' nonsense, is his own professional ambition.

ronmcd wrote:

mattthomas wrote:It doesn't break the law because she has dual citizenship, she retains her Pakistani citizenship so the UK gov have just pushed the problem onto them.

She doesn't have Pakistani citizenship.

The home secretary, Sajid Javid, wrote to her family informing them he had made an order revoking her citizenship. He said the fact Begum’s parents are of Bangladeshi heritage means she can apply for citizenship of that country – though Begum says she has never been there.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... itizenship

She's British. Javid is a fucking disgrace.

mattthomas wrote:

ronmcd wrote:

mattthomas wrote:It doesn't break the law because she has dual citizenship, she retains her Pakistani citizenship so the UK gov have just pushed the problem onto them.

She doesn't have Pakistani citizenship.

The home secretary, Sajid Javid, wrote to her family informing them he had made an order revoking her citizenship. He said the fact Begum’s parents are of Bangladeshi heritage means she can apply for citizenship of that country – though Begum says she has never been there.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... itizenship

She's British. Javid is a fucking disgrace.

Ah, I was just going off the news reports I read

Fallible wrote:Good lord, will no one deliver us from these disgraceful individuals?

Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak

Cabinet source tells me a formal inquiry into the leak is happening, led by National Security Advisor and Cabinet Secretary, Mark Sedwill - not being officially confirmed

Jeremy Wright, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, sighed. Even though he was one of the few members of the cabinet who was definitely in the clear, it was no fun having to clear up other people’s mess. He wasn’t going to comment on the leak, he said, other than to agree that it shouldn’t have happened.

Nor did he want to prejudice any future investigation. If there were to be one. Though on the whole he thought investigations into leaks were counterproductive because they risked the possibility of someone actually uncovering the truth. And then the prime minister would have to sack the minister involved and it would all be very embarrassing. Far better to do nothing and hope the whole thing blew over. Then we could all pretend nothing had ever happened.

It was also important to remember, Wright insisted, that though the leak was 100% accurate it had been spun in an extremely unfavourable light. What had been decided wasn’t an actual decision. It was more of a meta decision. One that didn’t properly exist until it had been officially announced. And this official confirmation, that he wasn’t denying, of a confidential discussion didn’t quite count. He scratched his head and sat down. He hadn’t even managed to convince himself.

Wright didn’t have to wait long for the inevitable pile-on. Labour MPs were quick to point out that there was no area of public life in which the Tories could be trusted. Having screwed up Brexit and forced huge numbers of people into using food banks, the government was now leaking matters of national security. Jeremy Corbyn may not want to use nuclear missiles but at least he wouldn’t tell everyone where our subs were.

Conservative MPs were just as outraged. Tom Tugendhat, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, observed that the whole point of 5G technology was that there was no division between core defence and non-core activities, so there was no point imagining the Chinese would only have access to part of the network. Selling ourselves to the cheapest bidder was no way to run national security. Wright groaned. The whole episode was another clusterfuck. Regrets? He had a few. Too right he did. But he’d done what he had to do. And most of all, he’d done it Huawei.

P&O sues over £33m Eurotunnel payout in Brexit ferry fiasco

newolder wrote:It's to be hoped that Grailing will be in charge of every item on the itinerary for the Dotard in Cheif's upcoming visit.

ronmcd wrote:

newolder wrote:It's to be hoped that Grailing will be in charge of every item on the itinerary for the Dotard in Cheif's upcoming visit.

Wonderful. I have visions of the visit turning into every Nordberg Naked Gun scene.

A Secret Service spokesperson said, “We at the Secret Service obviously take safety and security very, very seriously.

“That’s why we’re providing each protestor with protective gloves and headgear to protect themselves from the glass.