--On Tuesday, October 01, 2013 12:30 PM +0100 Joss Wright <joss-cypherpunks@pseudonymity.net> wrote:
You are her majesty's subject not a citizen
This, at least, is just incorrect.
"Citizen" is a meaningless term. Politically there two kinds of people. State agents (who are above the law) and their subjects.
Since the British Nationality Act of 1981 came into force in 1983, only a small (and diminishing) set of people are British Subjects, and as far as I understand it it is no longer possible to become a British Subject. The overwhelmingly vast majority of the British population are, in fact, British Citizens. See, for example:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/
and, specifically, http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/othernationality/bri tishsubjects/
(The term 'subject' does still occur in old laws and traditions for historical reasons.)
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