nelson shardey had for many years assumed he was officially seen as british.s all his adult life, now faces paying thousands of pounds to stay. daniel sandford has the story. after living in britain for 47 years, retired newsagent nelson shardey finds himself in an expensive legal tussle with the home office, despite a lifetime of paying taxes and serving his local community. i cannot afford to pay any part of the money they are asking. does it feel fair? in my eye, there's no fairness in this at all. it shouldn't be. there's no fairness at all. he came to britain to study in 1977. he worked for mother's pride and kipling's cakes. no one questioned his right to be here. he was given a bravery award for tackling a robber armed with a baseball bat. he has two british sons. but when nelson's mother died in ghana five years ago and with his son's help he applied for a british passport, he discovered the home office thought he had no right to live in the uk. officials asked him to start the expensive ten—year process of applying for permission to live here permanen

after living in britain for 47 years, retired newsagent nelson shardey finds himself in an expensivetime of paying taxes and serving his local community. i cannot afford to pay any part of the money they are asking. does it feel fair? in my eye, there is no fairness in this at all. it shouldn't be. there is no fairness at all. he came to britain to study in 1977. he's worked for mother's pride, kipling's cakes and bendix chocolates. he was given a bravery award for tackling a robber armed with a baseball bat. he has two british sons. but when nelson's mother died in ghana five years ago and with his son's help, he applied for a british passport, he discovered the home office thought he had no right to live in the uk. 0fficials asked him to start the expensive ten year process of applying for permission to live here permanently. i don't understand why this force at all. because i've put my life, my whole self into this country. ijust thought it was a joke. his son, jacob, an expert in the human heart, told me the whole thing was ridiculous. but why would he need to go and start this t