‘Citizens’ victory for IS trio
THREE BritishBangladeshis said to have travelled to Syria to join Islamic State have won an appeal against the removal of their British citizenship.
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission heard two women, known as C3 and C4, had their citizenship removed on grounds of national security. C7 also had his citizenship revoked on the basis he had “aligned” with IS.
Lawyers said all three lost Bangladeshi citizenship when they turned 21, meaning the decision left them stateless and was therefore unlawful.
THE PERFORMANCE of Israel throughout the Covid crisis has been exemplary. Surrounded on all sides by chaotic countries where the contagion ran rife, Israel kept its head, inflicting minimal miseries on its people.
Only the UK comes close to the speed of its vaccination rollout, with 50 per cent of Israelis having had two shots and another 10 per cent having one.
Its government’s response? It has reopened all its bars and restaurants – and in safety.
Our own Government, however, remains in the deathly grip of theWhitty/Vallance/ Ferguson triumvirate. Boris Johnson, who swore our emergence from solitary confinement would derive from data, not dates, has broken his word yet again.
The number of adults vaccinated is soaring, infection and hospital entry figures plunging, evidence of the non-Covid death toll fast emerging from a hundred sources.
Pub gardens are safe and ready while restaurants are completely secure for the vaccinated (the bulk of their likely customers).
Yet still the late-June figure is set in granite. Scientists who dispute the SAGE “model” (meaning guess) now far outnumber the coterie that hold Mr Johnson in thrall.
If the 250 Tory backbenchers – now scattered to the four corners of the realm – do not re-discover their “bottle” and rebel soon they can bid re-election a fond farewell.
If the PM ever says his evening prayers he should thank the Almighty for Keir Starmer, an Opposition leader who could not persuade a thirsty Marine into a bar.
AN APE famous as the “king of the swingers” is also very kind, Japanese researchers tell Scientific Reports. Bonobos, left, which indulge in free love, were seen adopting youngsters from different social groups in the Congo jungle.
An 18-year-old mother adopted a two-year-old female and a mother in her 50s took on a three-year-old female after the youngsters’ mothers vanished. The stand-ins were seen carrying, grooming, nursing and nesting with their new charges for up to 18 months.