A former Royal Marine who served three terms in Northern Ireland has been told he must pay £750 and undergo a ‘citizenship test’ if he wants a British passport.
Both of Keir Hardie’s parents were British and he has lived in this country since the age of three.
He has been decorated for his service in the Marines and has also worked as a policeman and for the fire brigade, served as a town councillor and is now an NHS mental health nurse.
His two ex-wives and his current partner, Lindsey, are all British, as is his 17-year-old daughter, Amy.
But when he returned from holiday in Turkey last month, 55-year-old Mr Hardie, who was named after the founder of the Labour Party, was threatened with deportation – because he was born in Canada and has never been issued with British papers.
Now, the UK Identity and Passport Service is insisting he goes through the process of applying for indefinite leave to remain in this country at a cost of £750, which includes having to take the Life in the UK test, devised for new immigrants.
But he is refusing to pay the fee on principle and is looking for lawyers to fight his case.
Mr Hardie, whose three brothers and sister were all born in Britain and have British passports, said: ‘I have earned my passport through service with the Royal Marines, the NHS, the fire brigade and the police.
‘I have worked solidly since 1967 and paid my taxes. I’ve never been on the dole. I’m a Brit and I should be allowed a passport just like any other Brit.’
**Maybe he should hijack a plane like those nice Afghan chaps who were granted leave to stay here in the UK, or maybe be born in some crap hole like the Sudan like the killers of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky.
Maybe he should have been born a thieving Nigerian like these fine UK citizens.
Maybe I am a bit cynical but had Mr Hardie been born a moslem, he would by now have been allowed to stay after threatening legal action and having the BBC do a fluff article on his dire plight.
Hell had he a bit more of a "touch of the tarbrush" about him he could have played the "Is it cos I is black" card for a huge payout and apology from the Passport Agency.
Should he have been gay he could have claimed that he was in imminant danger and been granted leave to stay.
Alas he is not -as far as I can see from his photo in the Daily Mail - a transgender and so can not play the may life is in danger card.
Sadly as a white man and one who has actually worked for a living, he is unable to qualify under the rules of Victimhood poker.
Sadly his hand appears to be these:
This is the crazy, mad pc world of New Labour's "Cool Britannia" where logic and common sense are replaced by dogma and rights for minorities.
Hat tip to Dick List for the "Victimhood Poker" cards.
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Well, this is what it has come to, ethnic Brits are treated like criminals and aliens are allowed in, given free money and a free flat, encouraged to breed like rats and then given a british passport gratis!
As you wrote, he should convert to Islam and hijack a plane! Then he would be taken care of!
Labour only ever talks about equality never inequality. The real Keir Hardie must be spinning in this grave.
No doubt the game plan for the Labour party to try and win the next election is to go for the minority vote and give them as much rights over the white Christian straight majority in the meantime and to the wind the consequences.
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