Romans so jealously guarded the value of being a Quirite (Roman citizen) that Rome fought massive social wars against the Italian Socii, their erstwhile allies, due to their great reluctance to grant Roman citizenship to the Italians, and we go out and sell it. Unfathomable. You earn citizenship; you do not buy it.

I am sure he would argue that that is not illegal, of course making nothing of his massive conflict of interest. But what self-respecting prime minister even sells passports anyway?

The reality is even reputable very well established professional firms, even those operating under international brand names, are acting as agents to sell passports.

The fee is high enough for them to set up teams to manage applications. The fees are high since it’s a cartel ripping off foreigners for whom the fees is simply a tiny cost to get what they want: access to London.

Some Nationalist MPs have a conflict of interest here. A few of them are some of the highest fee-earning agents in this regard.

Qishom qabda mejtun mil-guh. Kif ma jisthux.