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TIL John Nott, who was Defense Minister under Thatcher during the Falklands War, voted against the Labour-backed but bipartisan Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968, which took away British passports from Indians in East Africa out of fear that they would come to the UK as refugees.
May 8, 2025, 10:07 PM
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