I’ve never seen such a load of gibbering imbecility on an internet forum in all my f&^%ing life. What the hell is wrong with most of the people who have contributed to this thread? The self-same people who would be the ones whining and bitching about foreigners living in their country and refusing to take full citizenship are the ones who are heaping contempt upon a lifelong British citizen and Member of Parliament (and now Mayor of London) for becoming a full citizen of his own country.There's a certain amount of secular religion involved. The idea that someone might want to be a citizen of a country other than America and consider that country a better environment for themselves is completely unfathomable. Any attempts to argue this point must be some sort of leftist attack.I daresay Winston Churchill would have completely renounced his claim on US Citizenship as well if the US State Department made it such an inconveniance to hold a US Passport, because he was like Boris, British first and foremost, but the window-licking hoards on this thread can’t get that through their simple minds obviously...
As far as I'm concerned, good for Boris. Now he needs a visa to live in America, but if that floats his boat, good for him.
If they think that most non-Americans wish that they were Americans, and that we all sit here weeping and gnashing our teeth because we were cursed by god in not being born a citizen of the United States, they are sadly mistaken. Most people are as proud to be citizens of their own countries as Americans are of theirs, and Boris is British, proud to be so, and Britain is his home, and as much as many here profess to not care that he prefers to see Britain as his homeland rather than the US, the petulent and angry tones they have adopted in commenting on his decision would suggest otherwise, and that they are actually extremely offended. If they didn’t care so much, they would shrug their shoulders and not bother commenting on it...