Originally Posted by foghorn
Do you have a parent or grandparent born in Britain (or Rep. of Ireland before 1922)? If so you can get an ancestry visa which allows you work rights without a sponsoring employer. That would get you over the first hurdle.
Even if an ancestor were born in the Rep of Ireland after 1922, you could get an Irish passport and be considered. Plenty of my southern friends work for
NATS without having a British passport.