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Category Archives: Expats Contribute to UK
Conservative Manifesto 2015 Commitment to end 15-year-rule for Overseas Voters
Here at least is a clear commitment to end the 15 year rule on overseas voters in the Conservative Party Manifesto 2015: “We will complete the electoral register, by working to include more of the five million Britons who live … Continue reading
Freedom of Movement for British Expats within the EU.
Why are British expatriate citizens living within the European Union (EU) still penalised by having their right to vote in UK national elections removed after 15 years abroad? The current pre-election furore in the UK over uncontrolled immigration could also … Continue reading
Lesson from Younger Generation in Votes for Brits Abroad?
The younger generation of British citizens has traditionally a much lower turnout rate in national elections compared with the older generation and the major parties need to find new ways e.g. via social networks, of engaging them more fully in … Continue reading
Posted in Benefits of Internet Voting, Canada Grants Full Voting Rights, Democracy in Terminal Decline, Expats Contribute to UK, Exporting for Britain, French Internet Voting, Harry Shindler at EC Brussels, Harry Shindler letter to PM, Lesson from younger generation, LibDems Call for Expat Vote, Voting Rights
Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, national voting rights, Younger Generation
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Some British Expatriates can still help to decide who runs the Country.
British expatriates constrained to participating in UK national elections either through postal or proxy vote, if not already excluded by the 15-year-limit, might feel some nostalgia for Peter Robin’s experience of being part of local civil society in his blog article “The pleasures … Continue reading
Posted in +5 million British Expats Abroad, All EU Brits Need Voice, British expats can help decide, Electoral Commission, Expat Voter Registration, Expats Contribute to UK, Outdated Objections to Voters Overseas, Voting Rights, Why bother to vote
Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, voter registration
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Australia, US, Canada, Spain, France grant full overseas voting rights.
The purpose of the briefing note below by CReAM (Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration), is to inform the UK’s national discussion about immigration. Immigration is a key issue not only for British citizens in the UK but also concerns British expatriate … Continue reading
Posted in All EU Brits Need Voice, Canada Grants Full Voting Rights, Diaspora is National Resource, Expats Contribute to UK, Exporting for Britain, Outdated Objections to Voters Overseas, Voting from Australia, Voting Rights, Why Low Expat Voting Rates
Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, EU Referendum, national voting rights
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Too Few British Expatriates Register to Vote!
There is an assertion that some British citizens should not vote in the UK because as non-residents they do not contribute and do not have to live with the consequences. Too few British expatriates actually register to vote to challenge this prejudice or catch the attention … Continue reading
Posted in British Democracy in Action?, Expats Contribute to UK, Improving Expat Voter turnout, Scottish Referendum Legal Challenge, Too few register to vote!, Voting Rights:UK-Scots or EU-Brits
Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, Scottish expats, Scottish Independence Referendum, voter registration
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Nick Clegg Defends the Importance of Voting (but not for British Expats)
Nick Clegg who thinks British expats should not be allowed to vote after 15 years abroad, is also defending the importance of voting in this article in The Telegraph Nick Clegg tells Paxman to stop ‘sneering’ and vote. Deputy Prime … Continue reading
Posted in +5 million British Expats Abroad, All EU Brits Need Voice, Expats Contribute to UK, LibDems Call for Expat Vote, Margaret Hales Overseas Voting Letter, Nationality Change to Vote?, Nick Clegg Defends Voting, No Clear Connection with Citizenship, Outdated Objections to Voters Overseas
Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, national voting rights, politics
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No Clear Connection between British Citizenship and the Right to Vote
The lack of a clear connection in law between British citizenship and the right to vote has permitted successive British governments to allow the following injustice: Fellow but expatriate British citizens are rather arbitrarily in law deprived of their right … Continue reading
Posted in +5 million British Expats Abroad, All EU Brits Need Voice, Democratic Right to Vote, Expats Also Members of Society, Expats Contribute to UK, No Clear Connection with Citizenship, Outdated Objections to Voters Overseas, Voting Rights
Tagged 15-year-rule, british citizenship, national voting rights
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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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Votes for Expat Brits blog 