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Should Poles become a minority in Poland? [150]
I think Britishness is about having a certain kind of mindset, and not about blood lines.
Are you talking about British or English, Scotish (NI) Irish and Welsh?
White Africans have to be automatically given British nationality
As for white Saffers the majority of them are of Dutch decendents not British.
Equally, if it is about blood and ethnicity, most of the North Americans, Australians, New Zealanders and White Africans have to be automatically given British nationality. It is not happening at all, because the British do not think in such a way
All these countries have independence from Britain,they wanted independence they have their own nationalities now and they made it clear they wanted out and to break away from Britain so tell me why they should be given any preferential treatment because their GGGGG grand dad was born in the UK and left when he was 15 years old to seek fame and fortune, An English person can't just walk into any of the above countries and set up home.
So, a Chinese man who was born in, say, Manchester, speaks English as his mother tongue and behaves completely British is indeed British. A Chinese man who was born in Krakow, speaks Polish as his mother tongue and behaves completely Polish is not regarded as Polish at all.
Yoshi, British is a term that seems these days to apply to anyone born on this Island or rocked up here and stayed for a few years to get a passport. If you look at forms that ask questions about your ethnicity, you will always see a part that says (for instance) "Chinese" so whilst a Chinese person has a British passport and was possibly born here and speaks broad Manc, he is still Chinese, hence the new wording "British born" {ethnicity} - this is to keep a check on the "diversity" in the UK...
