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I was also really concerned about the entirely possible next party in power until I read "Someone who was born British and has no other nationality cannot be deprived of their citizenship in any circumstances."

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Deprivation of British citizenship and withdrawal of passports
In the 21st century there has been a revived use of government powers to deprive people of their British citizenship and withhold UK passports, particularly as a counter-terrorism measure.
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December 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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While support for Reform UK is often noted to be higher in “left-behind” areas where deprivation is thought to be more pronounced, the correlation between their vote share and different deprivation measures remains rather weak. Only deprivation in education shows a somewhat stronger relationship.
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Didn’t matter for trump in America, I can’t imagine the UK media system will be any better at scrutinising the far right than those in the US
September 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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100/ More politically interested people in Britain should be into European politics, especially considering the number invested in American politics. It's much more interesting - the politics of the first Italian Republic alone is amazingly fascinating!
August 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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90/ Even if somewhat unfair, my favourite British political quote is Harold Macmillan's "As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original ideas is sound.".
August 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A source who exclusively has contacts on the labour right isn’t likely to be very reliable is it now
July 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Zack Polanski already signalling his support with sultana though, what really might get the new left party is fptp, they could win a much higher % of the vote than anyone may currently believe (in my opinion) but it will be completely centred in urban areas
July 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM