> "British people with Irish passports" may just as well be written "Irish people with UK connections". We normally characterise people by how they self-descri

> "British people with Irish passports" may just as well be written "Irish people with UK connections". We normally characterise people by how they self-describe. These people would describe themselves as British, but they have Irish passports, often because these are EU passports and thus convenient whereas post-Brexit the British passport incurs border checks at neighbouring countries, because "Cut off your nose to spite your face" isn't just an English saying it's also apparently Tory policy.