Jeremy Corbyn Says Isis Bride Shamima Begum Should Not Be Stripped Of Citizenship

Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the decision to strip Shamima Begum of her British citizenship, and said she should be permitted to return to the UK to face questioning.

The Labour leader on Thursday criticised Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s action as “very extreme”, telling ITV News: “Well she obviously has, in my view, a right to return to Britain. On that return she must obviously face a lot of questions about everything she has done and at that point any action may or may not be taken.

“But I think the idea of stripping somebody of their citizenship when they were born in Britain is a very extreme manoeuvre indeed.”