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British Expats’ “Right to Vote” in 2020 General Election
Quoting from an article in The Times of 24th September, 2016 Expats will be given a vote in the 2020 general election : “Millions more Britons living abroad will be entitled to vote in the next general election after Theresa May committed … Continue reading
Expats in High Court bring legal action over exclusion from Brexit referendum
Law firm Leigh Day have confirmed that will begin formal legal proceedings in the High Court in London on Wednesday 16th March 2016 against the UK Government over its decision to exclude up to 2 million British people living in … Continue reading
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EU Referendum Bill and the European Court of Human Rights
See below the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Memorandum produced for the European Union (EU) Referendum Bill as introduced in the House of Lords by Baroness Anelay, Minister of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with the following … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, 2014 European elections, British expatriates, EU Referendum, Harry Shindler, human rights
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Voting Rights Campaigner Harry Shindler presses Prime Minister on 15-year-rule.
Harry Shindler the 93 year old veteran of the WWII Anzio beach-head in Italy in 1944, has again written to the Prime Minister on 11th May, 2015 and pressed him on his Manifesto commitment. Letter to: Rt. Hon David Cameron M.P. Prime … Continue reading
Debate on Low Electoral Registration Rates of British Citizens Abroad.
This link to the Hansard record of the House of Lords debate on 26th November, 2014 concerns the question of the low electoral registration rates of British citizens living overseas. Some selected extracts to quickly illustrate the flavour of the debate … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, Harry Shindler, Low voter Turnout, national voting rights, voter registration
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Harry Shindler Voting Rights Letter to the Prime Minister
Writing below on 4th September, 2014 to Prime Minister David Cameron, under the letterhead of the Italy Star Association 1943 – 1945 as its long time representative in Italy, our charismatic Harry Shindler has proposed that the British government goes even … Continue reading
Separate Constituencies for Overseas Voters?
Here are some thoughtful comments below from Frank Lowther following Harry Shindler’s recent interview with The Economist , to which the logical answer would be to have a separate constituency or constituencies for representation of the different requirements of British overseas voters. … Continue reading
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Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, Expat Constituencies, Harry Shindler
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Harry Shindler Endorses Electoral Commission’s Overseas Voter Registration Campaign
Veteran, overseas-voting-rights campaigner Harry Shindler fully supports and endorses The Electoral Commission’s campaign , encouraging all British citizens now living in the other 27 EU member state countries to register and vote in next month’s European Parliament Elections: “We British expat citizens, more than any other British citizens, … Continue reading
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Opportunity for Voting Rights Question in EC “Citizens’ Dialogue in Marseille”
Further to her 5th September, 2013 meeting at the European Commission (EC) in Brussels with veteran voting rights campaigner Harry Shindler, there is another opportunity on the 14th of November, 2013 in a “Citizens’ Dialogue in Marseille” , for EU … Continue reading
Harry Shindler takes Voting Rights Campaign to European Commission in Brussels
Here’s veteran British voting rights campaigner Harry Shindler being received in Brussels on 5th September, 2013 by Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/photo/photoDetails.cfm?sitelang=en&ref=023878#0 Margaret Hales who attended today’s meeting has … Continue reading
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