Re: Questions about Wales. | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

FourWinds May 22, 2003 11:51:41

Replying to Kammer

"but my two sons are Welsh because they were born here."

Ooh .. contentious issue. European Law now states that you cannot claim to belong to a nation just because you were born in a particular country. This is obviously an anti-immigration thing - doncha just love politicians! It has been done to stop people arriving in the chosen country, giving birth and saying that their child is now 'this nationality' and has the right to stay and so the parent has to stay too ...

Mind you. There is no such thing as Welsh. Nor English. Nor Scottish. You are a subject of HM and a resident of The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland ... check your passport :-(

Kammer May 22, 2003 12:17:16

Replying to FourWinds

Yeah, fair point FW. It's what you consider yourself to be that counts though. I suppose the boys might grow up to think of themselves as Welsh (through birth), English (through parentage), European or something else (through delusion).

:-)#

Identity is a weird thing. I admit, I'm not particularly proud to be English, but I don't consider that it's something I can change. I have no claim on anything else I'm afraid.

Kammer x

fitzcoraldo May 22, 2003 12:55:40

Replying to FourWinds

It sez nowt on my passport about being a subject, just some guff about her britannic majesty's secretary of state requesting that the bearer being allowed to pass freely and without let or hinderance. The cover and inner page of the passport has "European Union" above the UK stuff.
My nationality on the passport is described as 'british citizen' .
cheers
Fitz - English & proud