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British Expats: What happens to you if Britain leaves the EU?
Visit this recently established Expat Forum: What happens if Britain leaves the EU? and set up in response to growing concern within the British expatriate community of the consequences of a referendum on Britain’s future EU membership. If you are a … Continue reading
Posted in All EU Brits Need Voice, Anomaly of Voteless Expat Brits in EU, EU Let Me Vote, EU Support Expat Brits, Expats: what happens if Brexit?, Harry Shindler at EC Brussels, Main 2015 Election issues, Voting Rights, Voting Rights:UK-Scots or EU-Brits
Tagged 15-year-rule, 2015 General Election, British expatriates, EU Referendum, voter registration
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British Government’s UK vs EU Balance of Competences Review
The current call for evidence on voting, consular and statistics for the British government’s review of the balance of competences between the UK and the European Union, has drawn the response below from Catherine Piper (scroll down) , effectively a … Continue reading
Posted in All EU Brits Need Voice, Anomaly of Voteless Expat Brits in EU, Balance of Competences Review, European Court of Human Rights, Harry Shindler, Harry Shindler at EC Brussels, Harry Shindler's Human Right to Vote, Scottish Referendum Legal Challenge, Voting Rights, Voting Rights:UK-Scots or EU-Brits
Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, EU Referendum, European Union, Scottish Independence Referendum
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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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True British Democracy in Action, particularly for the Scots?
Mr Mark Magee has posted the commentary below challenging British democracy in action and particularly where changes to the Constitution are concerned: “Please share, like (eg on Facebook) and vote to campaign for equality for all UK citizens to vote … Continue reading
Legal Challenge to Scottish Expats Being Denied Vote in Independence Referendum.
Scottish expats are currently being denied the right to vote in the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence on the 18th September, 2014 but there is a potential legal challenge that the First Minister Alex Salmond may have acted illegally. “Aidan … Continue reading
Posted in All EU Brits Need Voice, Anomaly of Voteless Expat Brits in EU, EU Support Expat Brits, Scottish Referendum Legal Challenge, Voting Rights, Voting Rights:UK-Scots or EU-Brits
Tagged 15-year-rule, European Union, national voting rights, Scottish expats, Scottish Independence Referendum
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British Expats are “Spectators to Democracy”
As British expatriates are we fairly represented in Westminster? The answer must be no given the historically low turnout rates (a maximum of only some 30,000 registered to vote out of 5 – 6 million), and political disenfranchisement anyway after … Continue reading
Posted in All EU Brits Need Voice, Anomaly of Voteless Expat Brits in EU, British Expat Spectators, Diaspora is National Resource, Expat Democracy: France vs UK, Lord Lexden: All-Party Inquiry, Low Turnout - Not No Vote, Low Turnouts: both UK & US, Older Generation More Impacted, Overseas Voter Turnout:UKvsUS, Voting Rights, Voting Rights:UK-Scots or EU-Brits, Why Low Expat Voting Rates
Tagged 15-year-rule, British expatriates, EU Referendum, 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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EU Support for Expat Brit Right to Vote
In a press conference last week to present the 2013 EU Citizenship Report, Viviane Reding, the Commission Vice President announced that they will seek to help Britons who live abroad to keep their right to vote after the 15 year … Continue reading
European Citizens’ Initiative – Let Me Vote!
Imagine being a law-abiding EU citizen, living in the EU, and having no right to vote for the government whose decisions will impact on your daily life. European Citizens’ Initiative: Let me vote Subject matter: To strengthen the rights listed … Continue reading
Posted in All EU Brits Need Voice, Copenhagen Voting Recommendations, Democratic Right to Vote, EU Let Me Vote, Europe, European Court of Human Rights, Voting Rights, Voting Rights:UK-Scots or EU-Brits
Tagged British expatriates, EU Referendum, European Union, national voting rights, politics
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Democratic Rights of British Citizens living in Cyprus?
There are 60,000 British expatriates, the majority retired and living in Cyprus, who have no British government protesting on their behalf as the government of Cyprus is forced by the troika of the EU, ECB and IMF, to heavily tax their … Continue reading
Posted in All EU Brits Need Voice, Anomaly of Voteless Expat Brits in EU, Letter to Cabinet Office, Rights of Expat Brits in Cyprus?, Voting Rights:UK-Scots or EU-Brits
Tagged British expatriates, Democratic accountability, European Union, national voting rights, Political representation
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