[jamespo]

I'd have thought the justification was fairly obvious in that they can keep a better eye on British passport holders

[dcminter]

Amazingly obvious to jamespo is not normally the standard by which new immigration rules are introduced.

[jamespo]

Amazingly != fairly, but I doubt any civil servants responsible for drafting this are going to reply to this thread just for you

[andsoitis]

Isn’t one of the use cases to help determine tax domiciles?