Tag Archives: Votes for Life Bill 2015-16

15-Year-Rule badly affects Expat Brits, particularly those impacted by EU Referendum Result.

Posted on November 26, 2016 by right2vote4xpatbrits

Let’s hope that the British government is not so diverted by Brexit that its planned  “Votes for Life” bill, which will remove the 15-year-limit on our voting rights, fails to become law within the 5-year term of the current parliament … Continue reading →

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Worst feature of EU Referendum for British Expat!

Posted on October 25, 2016 by right2vote4xpatbrits

Extracted from an article “The EU Referendum Decision” by Robin Baker, a British expat living in Paris: “However for me, and I must confess that as an expatriate I am biased in this respect, the worst feature of the referendum … Continue reading →

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Government’s Response: Extending EU Ref. Voting Rights to All UK Citizens Living Abroad.

Posted on March 25, 2016 by right2vote4xpatbrits

It’s not surprising that there is a legal challenge to the changes to the standard  franchise for Parliamentary elections for the EU Referendum, when the British Government has responded below (with no justification for such changes) to the petition  – “Extend Eu … Continue reading →

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Franchise for all British Expats in the EU is not rigging the Referendum!

Posted on December 19, 2015 by right2vote4xpatbrits

The consequences of a Brexit for the 2 million or so British citizens living within the rest of the  European Union (EU), as well as the impact on the UK should they be forced to return, remain unclear. However, many … Continue reading →

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Time to Lobby over British Expat Vote in EU Referendum

Posted on October 3, 2015 by right2vote4xpatbrits

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 →

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EU Referendum Bill Commons Defeat Not Encouraging

Posted on September 8, 2015 by right2vote4xpatbrits

The Conservative government’s wafer-thin majority in the Commons allows its “Eurosceptic tail to wag the dog” where the current EU Referendum Bill is concerned, and is not encouraging for those hoping to include the expatriate Votes for Life Bill within the … Continue reading →

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EU Referendum and Votes for Life Bills.

Posted on June 9, 2015 by right2vote4xpatbrits

The Second Reading of the European Union (EU) Referendum Bill 2015 – 16, takes place in the House of Commons on Tuesday 9th June 2015 and can be viewed live here. A parliamentary briefing paper provides information about the provisions in the … Continue reading →

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