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Pow-Lo

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If she has British citizenship then she qualifies as British despite having a Rumanian Father & Chinese Mother & being born in Canada, just like those British cyclists that Beaker fantasises about.
British citizen and being British is not the same. Mrs P is a British Citizen but she’s not British.
 

derek kelly

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British citizen and being British is not the same. Mrs P is a British Citizen but she’s not British.
In Froome’s case he’d learnt his trade in Africa & represented them at the Commonwealth games then decided he’d make more money representing Britain.
Emma has spent all bar the first two years of her life here, it is her home, she learnt her Tennis here.
 

andyBeaker

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In Froome’s case he’d learnt his trade in Africa & represented them at the Commonwealth games then decided he’d make more money representing Britain.
Emma has spent all bar the first two years of her life here, it is her home, she learnt her Tennis here.
So she is, in fact, Rumanian, according to your rules.

Fact.

I bet you claim Andy Murray as ‘British’.

I rather suspect to you one qualifies as a tennerist and the other doesn’t as he is a cyclist…..
 

derek kelly

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So she is, in fact, Rumanian, according to your rules.

Fact.

I bet you claim Andy Murray as ‘British’.

I rather suspect to you one qualifies as a tennerist and the other doesn’t as he is a cyclist…..
Total bollocks.
Read carefully.
Froome was born & raised in Africa, his education was in Africa, he learnt to ride a bike in Africa, he represented Africa in the Commonwealth games then he decides he wants to ride for Britain, probably gets paid more.

Radacanu moved to Britain at two years old, she was educated in Britain, she learnt to play Tennis in Britain, she has not represented any other Country.
What is so hard to grasp?
Wtf has Andy Murray got to do with anything? Apart from the fact that it’s because of him more money is now investd in young British Tennis players.
 

Pow-Lo

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In Froome’s case he’d learnt his trade in Africa & represented them at the Commonwealth games then decided he’d make more money representing Britain.
Emma has spent all bar the first two years of her life here, it is her home, she learnt her Tennis here.
She still ain't British though. She might be a British citizen but she's not British.
 

Pow-Lo

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More British than Froome despite him having a British parent.
If Froome has a British parent then he's half British by definition. The only thing 'British' about Radacanu is her passport.
 

andyBeaker

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Total bollocks.
Read carefully.
Froome was born & raised in Africa, his education was in Africa, he learnt to ride a bike in Africa, he represented Africa in the Commonwealth games then he decides he wants to ride for Britain, probably gets paid more.

Radacanu moved to Britain at two years old, she was educated in Britain, she learnt to play Tennis in Britain, she has not represented any other Country.
What is so hard to grasp?
Wtf has Andy Murray got to do with anything? Apart from the fact that it’s because of him more money is now investd in young British Tennis players.
She was born in Rumania and is therefore Rumanian.

what is so hard to grasp?

:wave1:
 

Malone

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The Lone Ranger and Toronto of course, do keep up.
 
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