Bienvenue à bord: George Clooney and wife Amal are now officially French citizens.

The Oscar-winning actor has praised France’s strict privacy laws, saying his children enjoy a “much better life” without paparazzi.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251230-bienvenue-a-bord-george-clooney-and-wife-amal-are-now-officially-french-citizens?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Nationality #Citizenship #AmalClooney #GeorgeClooney #Celebrity #Privacy #Paparazzi #France

Bienvenue à bord: George Clooney and wife Amal are now officially French citizens.

The Oscar-winning actor has praised France’s strict privacy laws, saying his children enjoy a “much better life” without paparazzi.

Euronews

Polls are just polls, but this does concern me - ethnic nationality rather than civic. But at least the number who put ‘white' as a criteria was low (3%). I am aware of some Scots who take the same view, but not a large number (although that probably represents my own circle of acquaintances)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/29/number-people-britons-must-be-born-in-uk-rising-study

#Nationality #UK #Ethnicity

Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows

Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity

The Guardian
A real estate expert on a panel set up by the Cabinet believes the government is better off regulating how land is used rather than who is allowed to own it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/politics/foreign-national-policy-real-estate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #realestate #nationality #personalinformation #expats
Japan should regulate land use rather than real estate purchases by foreign nationals, expert says

An expert on a panel set up by the Cabinet believes the government is better off regulating how land is used rather than who is allowed to own it.

The Japan Times

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/29/what-did-alaa-abd-el-fattah-say-past-social-media-posts-why-backlash?CMP=share_btn_url

The calls for Abd El Fattah to be stripped of his UK citizenship have, as Emily Thornberry points out, scant support in UK law.

Yet its alarming how many seem to think that the UK government should have the power to deprive persons of citizenship because they have expressed obnoxious opinions in the past.

UK citizenship law is a frightful mess and in need of reform. As part of that reform, it should be enacted that those who have gained UK citizenship either by naturalization or by descent can be deprived of their citizenship only by a court, not by ministerial decision, and only after the presentation and examination of evidence that the citizenship was obtained under extraordinary circumstances of deliberate misrepresentation or as part of a criminal enterprise.

Citizenship should never be a privilege to be granted or revoked according to the whim of Telegraph readers.

#Citizenship #Nationality #AbdElFattah #UKPolitics

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Hype for the Future 47D: Common English Names

Common English names, including toponyms, surnames, and county names, among other types of place names, include Norfolk, Suffolk, Middlesex, Exeter, Devon, Cornwall, Truro, Plymouth, Cambridge, Chester, Lancaster, Northumberland, Bicester, Chichester, Lancaster, Doncaster, Cirencester, Blackburn, Ribchester, Manchester, Boston, London, Reading, Oxford, Birmingham, Bideford (known as Biddeford in Maine), Portsmouth, Exmouth, and Newcastle.

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/hype-for-the-future-47d-common-english-names/

Hype for the Future 47D: Common English Names

Common English names, including toponyms, surnames, and county names, among other types of place names, include Norfolk, Suffolk, Middlesex, Exeter, Devon, Cornwall, Truro, Plymouth, Cambridge, Che…

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Japan aims to require nationality declaration to register property from fiscal 2026

Japan is planning to require new property owners to disclose their nationality in the new real estate registry…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #EXPATS #nationality #personalinformation #Realestate #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/316926/

Japan's government intends, starting in fiscal 2026, to require new property owners to disclose their nationality on their property registration application and submit copies of their passport or residence card. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/japan/politics/foreigners-land-registration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #realestate #nationality #personalinformation
Japan aims to require nationality declaration to register property from fiscal 2026

While nationality information will be available in public registry, it will stored in the government’s real estate system for interagency sharing.

The Japan Times