Commonwealth citizens allowed to vote, why ?

[Simster]

It says resident here:

or an Irish, qualifying Commonwealth or European Union citizen who is resident in the UK.

"Citizens of the European Union who are not Commonwealth citizens can vote in European and local elections in the UK, but are not able to vote in UK Parliamentary general elections"



Anyway, bushy is right. It is ridiculous that Johnny Foreigner should be allowed to vote in our parliamentary elections, especially if there is no reciprocal arrangement. Utterly ridiculous.

 

[User removed 4]

Personally I don't think people who are just resident here have the right to vote. However if you can prove you are resident here and in employment then I think you should be able to vote.

look at the link mate, its there in black and white, you seriously dont mind that an aussie who is pissing off home in 2 years or a tanzanian asylum seeker with no english but who has 'leave to remain' has the same say as you in who governs you ? if so i f***ing despair of people like you , i really do.

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

no difference. the average voter:

 

[herbicide]

I won't be bothering to vote. Don't like the system.

Wasn't there a website somewhere where you could sell your vote?

 

[crasher]

Because residency and nationality are two totally different things, why the f*** should some aussie who is going home in two years have a say on the future of how this country is run ?You are so f***ing wet its not funny, it's a cliche but the germans really would have been goosestepping down whitehall if people like you had been in the majority in 1939.

One reason the Nazis never "goosestepped down Whitehall" was the large amount of Commonwealth troops who joined the fight against them.

It was a while ago, but giving Commonwealth citizens living here the vote seems like a small repayment.

 

[bhaexpress]

It says resident here:

or an Irish, qualifying Commonwealth or European Union citizen who is resident in the UK.

Well, as I say, if they're here paying tax to our government then I doi feel they have a right to have their say. Apart from anything else we are hardly talking about many voters in any case.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

look at the link mate, its there in black and white, you seriously dont mind that an aussie who is pissing off home in 2 years or a tanzanian asylum seeker with no english but who has 'leave to remain' has the same say as you in who governs you ? if so i f***ing despair of people like you , i really do.

I did read the link.

If they are in full employment and contributing to society by paying taxes and NI contributions etc etc, then yes I think they should have the vote.

I did put that only if they were in employment that I think they have the right to vote.

 

[The Spanish]

One reason the Nazis never "goosestepped down Whitehall" was the large amount of Commonwealth troops who joined the fight against them.

It was a while ago, but giving Commonwealth citizens living here the vote seems like a small repayment.

yes i dont know of many recently arrived illegal nigerians who were up to their necks in muck and bullets in Burma 70 years ago. this sorry attitude has to stop now as its killing our country.

 

[crasher]

yes i dont know of many recently arrived illegal nigerians who were up to their necks in muck and bullets in Burma 70 years ago. this sorry attitude has to stop now as its killing our country.

No it's not. Relax. Get out and enjoy the sun.

 

[pasty]

it's a cliche but the germans really would have been goosestepping down whitehall if people like you had been in the majority in 1939.

Godwins Law on the 4th post. Got to be a record.

 

[Simster]

I did read the link.

If they are in full employment and contributing to society by paying taxes and NI contributions etc etc, then yes I think they should have the vote.

I did put that only if they were in employment that I think they have the right to vote.

Fair enough, but then it should be reciprocal. Does anyone know whether this is the case throughout the EC?

 

[User removed 4]

I did read the link.

If they are in full employment and contributing to society by paying taxes and NI contributions etc etc, then yes I think they should have the vote.

I did put that only if they were in employment that I think they have the right to vote.

ok , i dont want to be insulting or anything , genuinely, but do you have no sense of nation or nationality ? you genuinely think foreigners should be able to help choose our government ?

 

[The Spanish]

No it's not. Relax. Get out and enjoy the sun.

Yes it is. But I am going to the pub in FIVE minutes so will not be bothered for a bit.

You can have a moan but it doesnt mean you hate the world!

 

[crasher]

Yes it is. But I am going to the pub in FIVE minutes so will not be bothered for a bit.

You can have a moan but it doesnt mean you hate the world!

Somewhere with a beer garden would be nice

 

[VeronaSeagull]

If you are a British Citizen you have the right to vote...

If you are resident of the British Isles you have the right to vote...

Don't see any problem with that at all, I lived abroad for 2 years does that mean I shouldn't have been able to vote at that time? I still had UK bank accounts and investments affected by UK tax

 

[Hotchilidog]

Given our propensity for interfering in other countries governments surely we are due a little payback

On a slightly more serious note, those countries mentioned in Bushy's link are members of the British Commonwealth with the Queen as their head of state and as they are resident of this country will no doubt have interests in who makes the decisions that govern them. If they qualify to live here, contribute to the national purse I cannot see the problem.

Banging on about stuff like this misses the big picture, which is that the main political parties have got themselves into such parlous states that a large number of registered british citizens will not consider any of them worth voting for, leaving us yet again with an unrepresentative government.

 

[ryeseagull]

If this is all it takes to pay back Empire, I think we got off lightly.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

ok , i dont want to be insulting or anything , genuinely, but do you have no sense of nation or nationality ? you genuinely think foreigners should be able to help choose our government ?

I have a great sense of nation and am very proud to able to say that I am English.

If they have become British Citizens after living here for a period or if they are residents who are from the Commonwealth or ROI and can prove they are in employment, then yes I think they should be able to vote.

If you can prove that you are in employment then to me you are contributing to the country and so therefore I think it is fair that you should be able to vote and have a say.

I think another point that needs to be considered is how the people that run this country will get the 65% of missing voters who don't vote in elections to the polling booth!

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

Yes it is. But I am going to the pub in FIVE minutes so will not be bothered for a bit.

You can have a moan but it doesnt mean you hate the world!

Enjoy your pint, I'm off to bloody work...

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Well I think that people who live abroad do so because they choose to and unless they pay tax here they have no right to an opinion. As far as people who work here and pay tax then yes, I think they have a right to an opinion.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh money more important that citizenship... hmmm... what happens if we live abroad, are not resident AND pay tax....and what about all those people in the UK who don't pay tax... can we take the vote away from them?