Britishness Betrayed

Liberals believe that travel broadens the mind; right-wingers fear this is true. Doubtless this partly accounts for the Cummings administration's likely intention to punish recalcitrant expatriates for having the gall to remain in Europe instead of flocking back to the sunny uplands of the hermit kingdom. Ever since Britain went global, the Parliamentary Brexit Party's share of the vote among expats has declined sharply; even in last year's general election more than fifty per cent voted Labour, possibly because their exposure to the mainland media's treatment of the issues was diluted in the less free, fair and cantankerous atmosphere of Nazi-Soviet propaganda. In anticipation of expats going native, their voting rights have traditionally been removed after fifteen years' residence outside the country; the last three Conservative manifestos have pledged to remove this curtailment, but the Cummings administration are the last people to feel bound by promises to those who behave like beastly migrants.