Man told he is not British after 42 years in UK

A retired 74-year-old Ghanaian man who has lived in the UK for nearly 50 years...

...had for many years assumed he was officially seen as British.

...first came to the UK...on a student visa that also allowed him to work.

...said no-one ever queried his right to live or work in the UK.

He married a British woman...

When that marriage ended, he married another British woman and they had two sons Jacob and Aaron.

Mr Shardey said he had never left the UK, as he saw no need to and regarded it as his home.

"Nobody questioned me...

"I got a mortgage. And nobody questioned me about anything," he said.

Perhaps this guy is the nicest guy in the world, I don't know. I'm not here to judge his morals. But even this BBC article seems to draw a clear distinction between him and a Brit.

But in 2019, when he applied for a passport so he could go back to Ghana following the death of his mother, he was told he was not British.

Alright, I'll side with him slightly on this, just because I hate governments and government incompetency. It's enraging if you get caught because you do things the right way, which causes the government to notice you. What a stupid system.

Over the 10 years it costs about £7,000, with a further £10,500 over the same period to access the NHS.

Look, I hate unnecessary fees, government intervention, etc., but that's not a huge amount. He says he's run multiple businesses, sent both his kids to college (on whose dime, I'm now wondering), has a house, etc., but says he can't pay £700 a year, around twice that if he wants in on the NHS? I'm nowhere near as successful as all that (I wish I had my own fucking house, damn!), and I could swing $1,700 a year easily. I'd be pissed, don't get me wrong and, like I said, fuck the government, but still.

"I cannot afford to pay any part of the money they are asking," said Mr Shardey, who is recovering from prostate cancer.

Alright, that can be draining, but doesn't he have savings...and weren't his costs covered by the glorious socialized UK medical system? What's him recovering from an illness have to do with anything?

"Telling me to go through that route is a punishment, and it's not fair in any way."

"Telling me to do things the normal way is unfair punishment!"

When he tried to extend his right to stay in the UK online two years ago, he filled out the wrong form.

Holy shit!

"I just thought it was a joke. It's just ridiculous," said his son Jacob, who does research in cardiovascular physiology.

And you can't chip in for some of the money, either? What's with these people? This is all fake bullshit, isn't it?

"Why would he need to go and start this 10-year route when he's been here since 1977?

Because he's apparently absolutely retarded?

With the help of Nicola Burgess, a lawyer at Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU), Mr Shardey is now taking the Home Office to court.

Not my fight, and I don't care either way...but he'd be justified to lose.

His case - which his sons are trying to pay for through crowdfunding

Ah-hah! It all falls into place.

...is that the Home Office should have treated him as an exception...

*eye roll*

"And when you look at it on a personal level, if Nelson was your friend or your neighbour, you would absolutely agree that he should be given the immediate right to settle."

You can say that about anyone. I've known illegal aliens, for example. They're here illegally. They're nice enough people, but if they get sent back, they get sent back. They didn't do things the right way. "If he was your friend you'd want them to bend all the rules, and accommodate for his retardation." Maybe a part of me, sure. Another part of me wants the system to work as intended.

What a clown shown. They've got nothing, and are just appealing to emotion.