Re: England regain the ashes
 

Sorry, I don't mean to drag this on unneccessarily, so I'll try keep this short (or perhaps we could start a different thread?).

Basically, no, not quite.

1. "You are automatically British if your Father or Mother is British and is British otherwise than by descent (ie. born in the UK or gained British citizenship via Naturalisation)"

2. "or you were born in the UK and one of your parents is British or a permanent resident."

Yes

;)

British citizenship law is actually fairly complex, possibly more so than it needs to be.

Re: England regain the ashes
 

I thought Brits were 'subjects' as opposed to 'citizens' ?

Re: England regain the ashes
 

Nah, not anymore.....
Another complex area, too much to go into here, so have a quick look if you're interested : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_subject

Re: England regain the ashes
 

Well, the political arguments would be helped if England a) had its own national anthem and b) had a national day off on the 23rd April.

Tell you what, let's just go for independence anyway - the yoo-kay is on it's last legs....

www.englishparliament.net will do for starters

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I remember my mother saying this 40 odd years ago....Dont worry it will pass with time..........:rofl:mm