"Typically British liberties", such as freedom of speech and trial jury, because no-one else has though. #r4today
Unless you are going to start saying that anyone who has served a prison sentence is no longer allowed the right to a family life I don't see how you can argue that it is consistent with human rights to deprive people of t based on where they are born. #r4today
As many have already pointed out, the UK already has the legal systems in place to remove people if it is in the public interest. It is not in the public interest to deprive people of the right to a family based on where they are born though.
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Funnily enough, quite a lot of countries have those "typically British values" of freedom of speech and trial by jury. You know which countries tend not to? The ones who decide that rights are negotiable based on which social group you belong to. #r4today

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