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by jen20 1921 days ago
I’m not arguing for the continued power grab of the home secretary here (who is abhorrent), but the UK does not have birthright citizenship like the US does, so the same set of rules do not necessarily apply.

Anyone born in New York is American, not everyone born in London is British.

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Yes, the UK ended birthright citizenship in 1981. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Nationality_Act_1981

The empire caused all sorts of citizenships to appear; citizens of the Empire were "British" right up until the point where they actually started moving to Britain, causing that right to be taken away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Asians_from_Ugand...