Surveillance

[Juan Garofalo]

--On Tuesday, October 01, 2013 12:30 PM +0100 Joss Wright 
<joss-cypherpunks at 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.)
>
> Joss
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