Tory Grandees including Lord Tebbit call on Boris Johnson to change the status of BNOs

In a joint letter to the Prime Minister on Wednesday 20 November, Tory grandees including Lord Tebbit and one of Hong Kong Watch’s patrons Fiona Bruce described the limited rights that come with BNO status as a “historic error” and said Britain had a responsibility to make it easier for BNO passport holders to move to the UK.

“With the Chinese President Xi Jinping threatening to crackdown, and the Hong Kong Police Force acting with impunity, the one county, two systems settlement is on the brink.”

“By increasing the rights of BNO passport holders, we can not only correct this historic error, but also we can provide the support that these British nationals in Hong Kong vitally need at this sensitive time,” they wrote.

Read the full letter below: