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Category Archives: Lord Lexden: Reasons to Remove 15 yr Limit
Time to Lobby over British Expat Vote in EU Referendum
This article in The Connexion – Time to lobby over expat vote – is urging British expatriates to lobby peers in the House of Lords to extend the right to vote in the referendum to all Britons who live in the EU: … Continue reading
Posted in All EU Brits Need Voice, All EU.Res. Expat Brits in EU.Ref., EU Ref Question - Lord Lexden 6 July 2015, EU Ref Votes for Life Response, Lobby for Expat EU Ref. Vote, Lord Lexden Continues Challenge, Lord Lexden-Overseas Voter Discrimination, Lord Lexden: All-Party Inquiry, Lord Lexden: Reasons to Remove 15 yr Limit
Tagged 15-year-rule, All-Party Inquiry, British expatriates, EU Referendum, Liberal Democrats, Lord Lexden, Votes for Life Bill 2015-16
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Wasted opportunity from 5 million Britons Abroad
This article below in The Economist doesn’t adhere to some popular prejudices about Britons abroad : “Some 5m Britons live abroad. The country could do far more to exploit its high-flying expats.” The Economist, August 9th 2014: The British diaspora … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, British expatriates, national voting rights
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A century ago British women still couldn’t vote!
Lord Lexden, our great supporter in the House of Lords for removing the current 15-year-limit on the voting rights of British citizens living abroad, has written a letter in The Times (refer below) highlighting the unyielding opposition to women’s voting … Continue reading
British Expats also Contribute to the UK Economy
Despite what some politicians might suggest in denying them the vote, many British expats not only contribute to the UK economy via the taxes they continue to pay on eg their public sector pensions or the local council tax, energy, … Continue reading
Posted in All EU Brits Need Voice, Diaspora is National Resource, Expats Contribute to UK, Exporting for Britain, Lord Lexden: Reasons to Remove 15 yr Limit, Outdated Objections to Voters Overseas, Voting Rights, Voting Rights:UK-Scots or EU-Brits
Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, EU Referendum, national voting rights
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Why Change Nationality to Vote?
Questioning the resistance of some British politicians to granting continuing voting rights for British citizens living abroad, , Ben Lenthall commented recently on our blog: “The answer from the authorities seems to be – if you want to live abroad, … Continue reading
Overseas Voting Letter from Margaret Hales, a descendant of Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst
Read this well argued, 5-point submission (from which extracts are given below) to the House of Lords All-Party Working Group on Overseas Voting from Margaret Hales , who has lived in Spain for nearly seven years and is a descendant of Emmeline Pankhurst the … Continue reading
Posted in All-Party Inquiry Launch, Diaspora is National Resource, Evidence to All-Party Inquiry, Improving Overseas Reg/voting Rates, Lord Lexden: All-Party Inquiry, Lord Lexden: Reasons to Remove 15 yr Limit, Margaret Hales Overseas Voting Letter, Outdated Objections to Voters Overseas
Tagged 15-year-rule, All-Party Inquiry, British expatriates, Emmeline Pankhurst, EU Referendum
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Send Your Evidence to All-Party Inquiry on Overseas Voting.
Two more meetings of the All- Party Inquiry are scheduled 27th June and on July 3rd at 3.30 p.m. [Committee Room 4 – Palace of Westminster] Attendance at the meeting may be possible for representatives of interested groups. Written … Continue reading
Posted in All-Party Inquiry Launch, Evidence to All-Party Inquiry, Improving Overseas Reg/voting Rates, Lord Lexden-Overseas Voter Discrimination, Lord Lexden: All-Party Inquiry, Lord Lexden: Reasons to Remove 15 yr Limit, Voting Rights
Tagged 15-year-rule, All-Party Inquiry, EU Referendum, national voting rights
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Launch of All Party Inquiry into Overseas Voting
Note: For those British expats who might wish to attend or submit written evidence , particularly with input on how to encourage substantially more overseas voters, the next meetings of the All Party Inquiry into Overseas Voting are now scheduled for 27th June … Continue reading
World Expat Population
This interesting report on the world expatriate population identifies a British expat diaspora of 4.7 million. Given that for up to 15 years away a British citizen retains the right to register and vote from overseas, it is striking that … Continue reading
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Differing Interpretations of Expatriate Democracy in France and UK
We are grateful for the supporting article below in the April, 2013 edition of The Connexion, English language newspaper in France. Through interviews with French MPs representing French expatriates, the article compares and contrasts the differing interpretations of democracy in France and the UK … Continue reading
Posted in Electoral Commission, Expat Democracy: France vs UK, French Expat Voters, French Inspire 1 million Overseas Voters, French Internet Voting, French Overseas Voting Statistics, Lord Lexden: All-Party Inquiry, Lord Lexden: Reasons to Remove 15 yr Limit, UK vs French Parliament 2012, Voting Rights
Tagged British expatriates, Democratic accountability, EU Referendum, national voting rights, politics
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