Category Archives: No Clear Connection with Citizenship

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

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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

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