MEP Daniel Hannan wants British ISIS fighters stripped of citizenship

Member of European Parliament from the U.K. Daniel Hannan floated an idea for how to deal with British citizens who leave to fight for the Islamic State. The topic was raised by speculation that the man who murdered journalist James Foley may have been British.

We should legislate so that British nationals who fight for Islamic State lose their citizenship. Let them stay there.

— Daniel Hannan (@DanielJHannan) August 20, 2014

@DanHannanMEP 100%!

— MK (@MarinaKim_) August 20, 2014

@DanHannanMEP @allisonpearson of course. they should bloody stay there.

— Tom Angel (@TomAngel1) August 20, 2014

@TomAngel1 @DanHannanMEP Last week, Scotland Yard terrorism expert on R4 said we would need to 'rehabilitate' them!

— Allison Pearson (@allisonpearson) August 20, 2014

@allisonpearson @DanHannanMEP Well good luck with that. With what? A magic wand?

— Tom Angel (@TomAngel1) August 20, 2014

Of course in politics, a common sense idea can’t just be taken at face value. You have to argue about who came up with the idea first.

https://twitter.com/UKIPbevand7/status/502201219168096256

Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, did in fact make a similar proposal. It’s not a complex idea. It probably occurred to many people.

@UKIPbevand7 @DanHannanMEP @UKIP What's wrong with parroting Nigel Farage, or anyone else, if they talk sense?

— Jon Rivers (@RiversJon) August 20, 2014

https://twitter.com/UKIPbevand7/status/502206465487433728

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Definitely time to pull the ripcord on that conversation.

Naturally an idea that treats the Islamic State as an enemy is going to dredge up some Israel haters.

https://twitter.com/mr_omneo/status/502204632249401345

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Typical.

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