A former police officer who moved to Russia has had his citizenship revoked by the Home Office over 'national security'. Mark Bullen, originally from Bracknell in Berkshire, spent 11 years working for Hertfordshire Police, where he wrote a training handbook on Russian crime. Having been interested in the country's culture since he was a child, he moved there permanently in 2014.
British ex-pats all round the world, so what's wrong with this?
Mark later started working for the media team for Russian football club Zenit St Petersburg and lives with his four children in the city. However, ten years after leaving the UK, he was detained by police at Luton Airport on a visit home to see family. He was questioned for four hours under the Terrorism Act before being released without charge. Then, in October last year, Mr Bullen received a letter from the Home Office telling him his UK citizenship was being revoked on the grounds of national security. Mark said: 'For them to do this, without any evidence, is ridiculous.'
Rememmer this case when some squinty-eyed, thin-lipped rapidly blinking Prime Minister tells you he can do nothing about the monsters in our midst because of their 'human rights' to live here...
Under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981, the Home Secretary has the power to take away a person’s British citizenship if they consider it conducive to the public good.
The Home Office declined to comment.
It's pretty telling that they choose this man as a suitable target, isn't it?
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