Report on United Kingdom remained the same but the Conservatives, who lead on immigration and nationality within the Coalition, appear more ruthless and direct in how they are achieved. They do not need euphemisms such as probationary citizenship to explain exclusionary policies nor are they embarrassed to raise the bar for settlement, with consequences for naturalisation and to denaturalise British citizens either officially or de facto. Nonetheless, the fact of having had a discussion on the meaning of citizenship beyond it being an accident of birth or the natural consequence of residence marks a new departure in British thinking on the subject, even if it is one that reflects wider concerns, shared with many European neighbours. These relate to the challenge of maintaining a cohesive national society which contains substantial minorities of a different ethnic descent and cultural background whose transnational bonds remain strong in a globalised and insecure world. The reflex seems to have been towards an assimilationist rather than a more open pluralistic perspective and this is a trend that is currently continuing, characterised by a new ruthlessness in which those citizens who are judged to have failed in adopting liberal values may find themselves excluded as easily as immigrants prevhave always been. RSCAS/EUDO-CIT-CR 2014/1 - © 2014 Authors 27