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It's been exactly 5 years since I became a British citizen, back in 2015. I applied for citizenship soon after I got married. 
The Netherlands doesn't allow dual citizenship unless you're married, and I wasn't giving up Dutch citizenship.
I applied for citizenship for two reasons: 1. So that I could 
vote in UK parliamentary elections
vote in UK parliamentary elections
In these five years, the UK has changed drastically. Instead of being a pragmatic country, we've seen it slide towards authoritarianism by a government let by an incompetent chancer, who tries to shows he's a "man of the people", but instead is really only in it for himself.
UK has changed drastically. Instead of being a pragmatic country, we've seen it slide towards authoritarianism by a government let by an incompetent chancer, who tries to shows he's a "man of the people", but instead is really only in it for himself.
Brexit, the handling of the 
COVID-19 crisis, the dismantling of the 
judiciary, and our democracy
I love living in 
London with its culture, pubs, and restaurants. I love the UK 
countryside. I detest what is happening politically, with Brexit, and the slide towards an insular Island nation, with fewer and fewer opportunities for its citizen.
London with its culture, pubs, and restaurants. I love the UK countryside. I detest what is happening politically, with Brexit, and the slide towards an insular Island nation, with fewer and fewer opportunities for its citizen.
I hope that in another 5 years, things will have turned around a little. I'm afraid that when people finally realise what harm has been done, it's too late to return the UK into the place that I fell in love with at the height of the London 2012 
Olympics.
Olympics.
We'll have to work hard to sort out the United Kingdom! But for now: 
Cheers! 
Slàinte mhath! 
Iechyd da!
Cheers! Slàinte mhath! Iechyd da!
