On September 24, 2006 at 15:23, roddymcg said...
. . . and have a British citizenship.
Are you sure? Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a web link, but on our regional news recently there was a story of a man born of British parents, (in one of the African countries), who came to this country when he was one year old, spent 14 years in the army, had several jobs after leaving the army, has now been made redundant, but has been denied unemployment benefit because the government don't consider him to be a British citizen. The government, however, aren't completely heartless, if he pays them £600 he can apply.
At a time when we’ve been swamped by an influx of east Europeans (around 600,000 – with the prospect of more to come), stories like this make one feel like forgetting the tea and reaching for the grog.
Last edited by djy
on September 25, 2006 13:53.