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Years of service: Keri Hardie, 55, shows the medal he won in Northern Ireland A former Royal Marine who served three terms in Northern Ireland has been told he must pay £750 and undergo a ‘citizenship test’ if he wants a British passport. Both of Keir Hardie’s parents were British and he has lived in this country since the age of three. He has been decorated for his service in the Marines and has also worked as a policeman and for the fire brigade, served as a town councillor and is now an NHS mental health nurse. His two ex-wives and his current partner, Lindsey, are all British, as is his 17-year-old daughter, Amy. But when he returned from holiday in Turkey last month, 55-year-old Mr Hardie, who was named after the founder of the Labour Party, was threatened with deportation – because he was born in Canada and has never... [read full story]
