Posted on 10/27/2019 5:21:43 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
U.K. lawmakers on Oct. 24 debated the escalating tensions in Hong Kong, and whether to give British nationality to residents of the former British colony. Dozens of young Hong Kong supporters watched the debate from the public gallery.
Among those at the debate was the last governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten.
He said that, for a dozen or so years, the one country two systems worked well, but in the past few years there’s been a tightening of Beijing’s control over Hong Kong.
He described the introduction of the extradition bill as “extraordinarily foolish,” and urged protestors not to be violent, as that would play into Beijing’s hands.
The role of Hong Kong governor ceased to exist after 1997 when the U.K. handed Hong Kong over to China.
The handover came with a promise: Hong Kong would have democracy and semi-autonomy, including an independent judiciary, something not enjoyed in mainland China. Recently, though, there are concerns that Beijing is increasingly encroaching on the city’s freedom.
“In the past few years, both Hong Kong’s freedoms and trust have been undermined and eroded increasingly dramatically,” said David Alton, member of the U.K. House of Lords.
Initially sparked by a controversial extradition bill, which would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be sent to Communist Party-controlled courts for trial, the protests in Hong Kong have morphed into a wider demand for democracy and freedom.
Millions of people have protested in Hong Kong since June, resulting in clashes between protestors and police, involving tear gas and pepper spray. Hong Kong police have arrested more than 2,000 people since the protests began, and hundreds have been injured.
Lord Alton, who proposed the debate, says the U.K. should follow in the footsteps of the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed four bills, three of which related directly to Hong Kong.
“What those laws do, if the autonomy in Hong Kong, the two systems in one country, go on being eroded, Hong Kong will lose its special economic status, there will be implications for some of the individuals,” Alton said. “Should the U.K. do the same, yes we should.”
The Brits should have thought of this and implemented it before the handover of HK to China.
Is there any way the U.S. could grant them citizenship? Many of them are literally waving the American flag and they admire the best things about Britain (things that are now fading in Britain, like the rule of law and freedom of speech). Contrast that with the “refugees” who proudly wave the flags of the dysfunctional countries they came from, they gladly (with the urging of the leftists) spit on the American flag and they don’t want to work, just live on entitlememts and vote for whoever plays the race card the best and is the most socialist.
There is no basis for doing that unless they rebel against China and request annexation by the US. That has all sorts of unpleasant implications.
The UK *does* have more than a little basis in law as well as precedent for granting citizenship to people who were born in their protectorates.
IMHO ...they would make rxcellent citizens....better than any Democrat for sure.
Is anyone surprised that the Democrats and the rest of the US left want to do the same thing in America? And allow their leaders to set themselves up as a privileged, luxury entitled, ruling oligarchy?
Is anyone surprised that the people of Hong Kong have realized the worth of Western Civilization? Having been exposed to its antithesis on the Chinese mainland? And are willing do die for it--as the Founding Fathers of the USA were?
Is anyone surprised that the people in America who can't understand all this, hate the USA, support the leftist ("progressive") movement, and call for the destruction of Western Civilization and the establishment of a brutal oligarchy in America are morons?
I know I'm not.
“Hong Kongers” will do more for your communities than the goat-humpers you’ve imported and given free rein to...
Plus, the Hong Kongers will open restaurants you can actually eat in without the fear of being poisoned or blown up.
Allahu Akbar!
Oh yeah. Great idea. And after a couple of years their Harvard educated offspring can call our country racist, sexist and homophobic. No thanks.
I wish them well in their own country.
Britain has fallen a long way. I know they have no trouble accepting people from Hong Kong because of their ethnicity. They just don’t have the balls to stand up to China. They don’t have the power they used to have either because they never allowed their citizens their liberty. So now their country is a mess.
Brits are afraid of freedom and this is completely laughable. They’re not an example of courage to Hong Kong.
Cowards.
Good Idea. Invite the Tong to live in England and deal with the muzzies.
IMHO ...they would make rxcellent citizens....better than any Democrat for sure.
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What? UK lawmakers are thinking of giving British citizenship to people who will not become drug dealers, rapers of their daughters and murderers of their sons? Stunning news.
Only 20+ years too late. Losers. Instead of millions of Chinese, now UK overrun with Islamic hordes. Somehow serves them right.
“Oh yeah. Great idea. And after a couple of years their Harvard educated offspring can call our country racist, sexist and homophobic. No thanks.”
Amen.
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