IT IS TIME

Britain considers scrapping ancestry visas for Aussies

February 22, 2008 - 8:49AM
Source: ABC

Ancestry visas allow thousands of young Australians to use Britain as a base for travel. Photo: ABC News

The British Government is considering a proposal to end the automatic right of Commonwealth nationals to live in the UK using ancestry visas.

The visas allow people whose grandparents were born in Britain to live and work there for four years and eventually apply to stay.

The permit has allowed thousands of young Australians to use Britain as a base for travel.

British Labour MP Austin Mitchell says the proposal is a slap in the face for Commonwealth countries.

"Here you have a long-standing historical and emotional ties, ties of kith and kin, and indeed supporting each other through two World Wars and events afterwards," he said.

"You can't just kick away historical obligations like that."

Sometimes, well let's face it, everytime, it comes to a point where if the child won't go
the parent has to make the move to kick the kid out.

If 'kicking the kid out' is too strong, too cruel, too robust and cold, then
'encouraging' the child to leave home.

Thinking Australians have been wanting to let go of Britain's apron strings' now for at least twenty years.
Our previous PM wouldn't have a bar of it ..so we languished in our
pathetic archaic dreams of thinking we mattered to Britain still.
Because there are some who are still alive who fought for 'flag and country'
and they remember the "King and Country" rallies..there has been
a shrugging of shoulders and a patience for the movement to
actualise.

So it is heartening to see how the British are going to make another move.
First it was that Australians were no longer 'special' when entering
Great Britain and had to line up with the rest of the 'aliens'.
Now it is considering not giving those precious little bundles of
progeny from British ancestry their 'due' rights to 'return' to the 'home country'
and get familiar with their 'roots'.
Well it is about time.

Having had four nephews and two 'others' that I know who have done this
I think it is time to move on and upward.

Cut the apron strings and make sure it is complete with no more 'largesse' to
"Her Maj" when she comes out for a visit.

Vive Australie...
Viva Australia!~!