In a way it’s a shame Mohamed Al Fayed isn’t still around, he’d have been fucking livid 😀 (That is of course the only way in which it’s a shame)
So this is why I've been waiting since July for the Home Office to decide whether to give me Indefinite Leave to Remain.
so all this time he was working with a Tier 2 work visa?
I assume this is meant to be some cutesy publicity stunt or a reaffirmation of the UK identity?
It feels a bit misguided to me. In a time where thousands of people die trying to attain better living prospects in safer countries (and those that survive often end up exploited and 'illegal'), a fictional character is awarded the near-unattainable protection of a legal status because people are fond of it.
What message is conveyed here?
What message is conveyed here?
That you shouldn't become upset over a children's fictional character.
I'm not upset. I'm just wondering why the choice was made to make legal status the focus of this undertaking
Initially they had a PR stunt in which he was deported to Rwanda, but the focus groups were not reacting very positively.
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