If they did not they'd be detained or deported 3/
Since UK immigration rules are so complex it would also require detailed documentation and applications, and immigration lawyers to help applicants deal with all this 5/
Imagine furthermore hundreds of thousands of visa or ILR applications, requiring lawyers etc.
Imagine the state of the country 6/
Has Rees-Mogg thought through all of this? 7/
Truly, the level of ignorance of MPs is staggering 8/
I'm not a UK citizen.
I can't even vote here.
Still, I've looked up how NI politics worked when I came to live here because I felt it was my duty to know something about the country I'm living in 10/
And I read the entire Good Friday Agreement when all that stuff on the Irish border came up.
Really, it's not rocket science. Start with Wikipedia 11/
Why do we tolerate this level of ignorance? I despair. /ends