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Some 8,790 Americans sought citizenship in the UK, either through registration or naturalisation in 2025, according to Home Office data published Thursday.

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 91 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Seems like trading one shitty situation for another, UK's government is fucked too, isn't it?

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I mean, you don't just get shot on the street legally, and we don't have ICE (yet), and not everything is a complete scam... But maybe in 20 years we'll be there. Hopefully the UK takes a different route, and I doubt the "infrastructure" is there to go full "legal slavery and for profit prisons" British MAGA to begin with.

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 7 points 1 day ago

No dude, you have IP cameras rolled out alread, you're primed for the AI surveillance state by 2029. You're also just as deep in Israel's blackmail book and they probably have most of your state secrets (which is why the prosecutions, they don't care about the kids). Less violent, same destination.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 days ago

You say that, but there's stuff like Brexit and now this age verification bullshit: I'm not convinced Britain is that far behind.

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Does a UK passport allow you to live in other parts of the Commonwealth than just British Isles?

Not inherently. Many of them do offer favorable visa terms (easier work requirements, longer stays, etc).

A UK national can live in Gibraltar, but that's because it's UK territory.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think so, sadly, but I'm not entirely sure. I'm leaning towards no. A EU passport is more flexible, and one can move to Spain and become a national somewhat quickly and then idk settle in Germany or Finland if you want to. Ofc if SHTF in Europe that's a different story, but I guess you could in theory move to French Guyana, lol.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Move to Spain and settle in Germany or Finland?

Are you some sort of sadist?

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 0 points 2 days ago

It doesn’t allow residence in the “British Isles”. It would however allow residence in Ireland.

[–] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I believe it's spelled "innit"

[–] DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It's not good with all the bollocks they're currently doing but wait until the current PM hands the next election to Nigel Farage and Reform (Republican-lite). It will get a lot worse then.

[–] madde@feddit.org 9 points 2 days ago

Well that's at least what the right wing media wants you to believe.

Actually things are looking pretty good for the UK. Even Reform seems to have peaked in voter share and is on the way down. The most recent by-election is a race between greens and labour with Reform nowhere near those two.

There's a subreeddit "GoodNewsUK" which is a pretty good reality check.

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago

Yup. Andrew and the diplomat are in trouble for leaking intelligence to Epstein not the kids. The UK is still all in on Orwellian AI surveillance and still Israel's #2 bitch.