Thursday, November 14, 2013

Citizenship Rights in Britain

I find myself increasingly disturbed by the actions of our Government. Being tough on terrorists is one thing but stripping people of their citizenship is not a proportional or reasonable punishment.

During the dark days of the second world war, when Britain was in mortal danger, only four people were stripped of citizenship. Theresa May has denaturalised more than four times that number of in the last three years alone. Now she wants to increase the state's power further by consigning British-only citizens she deems undesirable to statelessness.

Source: The Guardian.

Why you won't catch me queuing for a burger | Life and style | The Observer

Jay Rayner is spot on. Queuing for a restaurant is insane, especially in London where the number of good restaurants is astronomical.

I'll go that extra 10 miles to eat well. I'll cross London to secure an ingredient, take a flight to eat at the right restaurant. But queue? That's not an expression of greed. It's stamp-collecting. It's trainspotting. It's eating out as spectator sport.

From The Guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/nov/13/jay-rayner-queue-for-hamburger.