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shellacyesterday at 8:28 PM1 replyview on HN

Then somebody needs to let the government know, because the relevant 1981 act is "[a]n Act to make fresh provision about citizenship and nationality". In that 'British subjects' are a quite limited subset of citizens. Most British people are citizens, not subjects.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/contents


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lovichyesterday at 11:29 PM

What’s the difference? I’m not knowledgeable enough about English law to parse this