Thread by @docrussjackson

299,845 people have signed this #petition calling for the remove Clause 9 from the Government's regressive, authoritarian & grotesque Nationality & Borders Bill, which means individuals could be stripped of their British citizenship without warning.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6015…

The Institute of Race Relations - @IRR_News - provides excellent commentary on the 'Nationality & Borders Bill'.

irr.org.uk/article/?utm_s…

"Although the clause doesn’t change the law on who can lose citizenship and on what grounds, with the Home Office now openly declaring that ‘citizenship is a privilege, not a right’, it has brought home to a wider public what Black and Muslim communities have long since known..."

"namely the precarious nature of British citizenship as a result of changes brought in since 2002, and the ‘deportation logic’ on which they are based."

"This logic - ship ‘em out, regardless of family ties, or how long they have lived here, if they cause trouble, or can’t prove their right to be here - deprived the Windrush generation of their livelihoods, their homes, and in some cases their freedom and their country."

"This deportation logic, which is inherently expansive, is applied to British-born citizens too – & this fact drives public anger...

Anti-racists need to seize this moment, to build on the anger and revulsion to make connections."

"We should reflect that this latest assault is not exceptional, but the intended expansion of a violent system that dehumanises the most vulnerable, excludes ‘undeserving’ others and entrenches hierarchies of belonging."

"We should have in our sights the exclusionary logic of citizenship deprivation & its expansion since 2002, & also the parallel exclusionary logic which will see refugees pushed back, denied sanctuary & offshored by this (Nationality & Borders) Bill."