Read the article ‘I know the silent majority are with me’, really? I doubt that.
Read all the comments on the article and not a single ‘silent majority’ spoke up to agree.
She is accused of committing a crime in another country, she should be tried in that country.
If someone commits a crime here in the UK we don’t deport the person without trial.
They have a trial. If they are found guilty they can be imprisoned and then deported after they have served their sentence.
No, the majority is… NOT with you. She made a choice, it was a terribly bad one, deal with it!
The silent majority have already forgotten who she is, and didn’t really care that much in the first place.
Why do they keep banging on about this woman only a vocal minority want her back in the UK this rag included
Why does Shamima get so much attention? The UK government have stripped the citizenship of quite a few people the past few years. Jack Letts, for example. Where’s Nimco’s article about him (briefly checked her Twitter feed and only one about [Shamina Begun (sic)](https://twitter.com/NimkoAli/status/1097944287810150400)) But nooo, always about Shamima.
I’d have a slither of respect for this Nimco if she actually criticised the overall policy of stripping ANYONE of their citizenship. But it seems to me here like she (and a lot of the media are guilty of this, not just her) wants to give preferential treatment to Shamima. That’s one reason why I do not agree with her here.
The other reason is that Shamima played a silly game and won a silly prize. Hard to garner sympathy from me there lol.
If a state removes the citizenship of one of its citizens, or does not honour the rights that that person has by dint of citizenship, then – aside from the second of those things being illegal – the person is put in an utterly perilous position. For, the stateless can be abused and killed with impunity. Moreover, obviously such citizenship-stripping is ripe for bigoted scape-goating. I infer that no decent country would remove the citizenship of any of its citizens.
She didn’t obtain citizenship by naturalisation as far as I’m aware, she was born British.
You imply she obtained British citizenship by fraud, kindly clarify.
Why are you quoting the British courts to me? I’ve already told you I find the government’s position to be bullshit and the judiciary have kowtowed to them.
If she’s eligible to hold Bangladeshi citizenship, why is she stateless now? Could it be because that claim is utter nonsense because she isn’t eligible because the Bangladeshi government has categorically stated that it will not grant her citizenship?
I think it’s dangerous to have a young British person (and she is and will be seen by others a British regardless of formal citizenship) running around possibly falling in with other terror groups.
We should have her back in the UK simply because the UK needs to demonstrate that it takes responsibility for its people – even the criminals.
Refusing to have her back because we’re afraid just means we’re making our mess someone else’s problem and that’s just not something a developed, wealthy. supposedly civilised country should be doing.
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Hmmm… people who use the phrase “silent majority” tend to be neither silent nor a majority
>Eight in 10 Britons (78%) think Sajid Javid was right to remove the 19-year-old’s citizenship, with 15% saying he was wrong, and 7% unsure.
> https://news.sky.com/story/shamima-begum-78-of-britons-support-revoking-is-brides-uk-citizenship-sky-data-poll-11643068
Yeah, I doubt that somehow.
Read the article ‘I know the silent majority are with me’, really? I doubt that.
Read all the comments on the article and not a single ‘silent majority’ spoke up to agree.
She is accused of committing a crime in another country, she should be tried in that country.
If someone commits a crime here in the UK we don’t deport the person without trial.
They have a trial. If they are found guilty they can be imprisoned and then deported after they have served their sentence.
No, the majority is… NOT with you. She made a choice, it was a terribly bad one, deal with it!
The silent majority have already forgotten who she is, and didn’t really care that much in the first place.
Why do they keep banging on about this woman only a vocal minority want her back in the UK this rag included
Why does Shamima get so much attention? The UK government have stripped the citizenship of quite a few people the past few years. Jack Letts, for example. Where’s Nimco’s article about him (briefly checked her Twitter feed and only one about [Shamina Begun (sic)](https://twitter.com/NimkoAli/status/1097944287810150400)) But nooo, always about Shamima.
I’d have a slither of respect for this Nimco if she actually criticised the overall policy of stripping ANYONE of their citizenship. But it seems to me here like she (and a lot of the media are guilty of this, not just her) wants to give preferential treatment to Shamima. That’s one reason why I do not agree with her here.
The other reason is that Shamima played a silly game and won a silly prize. Hard to garner sympathy from me there lol.
If a state removes the citizenship of one of its citizens, or does not honour the rights that that person has by dint of citizenship, then – aside from the second of those things being illegal – the person is put in an utterly perilous position. For, the stateless can be abused and killed with impunity. Moreover, obviously such citizenship-stripping is ripe for bigoted scape-goating. I infer that no decent country would remove the citizenship of any of its citizens.
She didn’t obtain citizenship by naturalisation as far as I’m aware, she was born British.
You imply she obtained British citizenship by fraud, kindly clarify.
Why are you quoting the British courts to me? I’ve already told you I find the government’s position to be bullshit and the judiciary have kowtowed to them.
If she’s eligible to hold Bangladeshi citizenship, why is she stateless now? Could it be because that claim is utter nonsense because she isn’t eligible because the Bangladeshi government has categorically stated that it will not grant her citizenship?
I think it’s dangerous to have a young British person (and she is and will be seen by others a British regardless of formal citizenship) running around possibly falling in with other terror groups.
We should have her back in the UK simply because the UK needs to demonstrate that it takes responsibility for its people – even the criminals.
Refusing to have her back because we’re afraid just means we’re making our mess someone else’s problem and that’s just not something a developed, wealthy. supposedly civilised country should be doing.