I liked the faces the Scottish interviewer made asking her certain questions. Still no emotion from her.

The more this is discussed and with more sensible posts from Matov, the harder it is to stick to a view. That said, when you choose to ditch everything this country stands for and you choose to side with the enemy, what do you expect? People do take the p1ss, including these radicals, and we’re setting a dangerous precedent taking her back. Is she worth the 24/7 surveillance and lifetime of benefits including every single benefit going?

COYP

In terms of her as an individual,then not at all. But this has to be about so much more than just what she is. She is utterly vile and knowingly went to join an organisation that beheads people. Her culpability is not the issue here.

We have a legal system. She is a British citizen. And she was technically a kid when she fled the country. That has to mean something.

If she had been older then I would not even bother arguing in her favour, even though much of what I had written would still be valid but I would not care a jot.

But she was a child. And as such, deserves at least an opportunity to be assessed back here in the UK, no matter how much that sickens us.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

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'International law'

No foreign entity can tell a sovereign state what it can and can't do....not in my book anyway. Sure they can complain about it but what are they going to do?

I know you have an inferiority complex and all that but I don't trouble myself with bowing my head to what a bunch of mostly foreign lawyers think is ethical.....This isn't the end of WW2.

I'm old enough to understand right and wrong and I'm also old enough to see what 'international law' is for what it actually is.

And ethics has mostly little to do with it.

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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Given this some thought and ultimately it does come down to moral superiority. That is the point. We are better than them.

For me the easiest option is to wash our hands of this girl. To strip her of her British nationality, to declare that she made her choice and now has to live with it.

But that does not make it the right option. She was a child when she left. Effectively, she was a run-away. Playing truant from school.

None of that excuses what she supported nor what she did but she is a British citizen and as such, has a right to present herself at our borders.

This is not about being liberal or conservative. Right or Left wing. This is about accepting that a child made some s*** decisions and that she needs a chance to redeem herself. And that her own baby is an innocent party.

Loathe her. Loathe her beliefs. Loathe her parents and her upbringing. I get, and endorse all of that. But the State has a duty to all of its subjects, especially those under the age of majority.

If she decides to leave again, then wash your hands. But since she was a kid when she set off, a duty of care exists in my opinion.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

As a matter of interest - and given I looked at this before - why do you endorse loathing her parents?