British MPs say Irish nationals should be allowed to become British citizens without paying the £1,330 fee fee or taking a test
If you’ve been champing at the bit
To officially become a Brit
Well several MPs
Say “do so with ease”
If you’re Irish and also a twit
Alamy
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Are they being condescending and pretending that we never got independence?
Or are they hoping we will reciprocate and it becomes a backdoor for the UK population to get an EU passport?
tans will be tans, cian.
If you read the article it says it’s about people born in Ireland but grew up and or live in the North and want to avail of a British passport as is their right under the Good Friday Agreement.
Also from the article:
“These people are not covered by the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement’s birthright provisions”
– I think that the two of you lads might want to try reading the article.
Yes, it’s about extending it from birth right to more practically reflect the meaning of the agreement.
We don’t need one due to the common travel agreement and there’s no other reason why anyone Irish would want one. “We’ll let you” – get in the fuppin sea.
My mum has one and she gets looks everywhere she travels that range from pity and suspicion to downright hostility
No offence meant, but could your Mum not get an Irish one, or does she not qualify?
It costs money she doesn’t have and is more of a hassle than others realise. Though yes she does qualify, sometimes I think she wants to hang on to it, as is her right. I don’t try and persuade her as it’s not my decision
my Mum keeps hers too, we delight in calling her an immigrant and threatening to send her back to where she came from
I’m a duel national and (used to) regularly travel on both my passports depending on where I was flying from or to. Never had pity, suspicion or hostility traveling on either. In fact I’ve never noticed any difference in the treatment I’ve had. The only exception to that is in Boston were if I show my Irish passport I get the barman’s family story (which I quite enjoy but I know others seem to hate for some reason).
depends if the barman is cute really