Tony C
07-07-2016, 01:14 PM
I was chatting to my boss and he told me he voted to Remain which I thought was odd because he's from New Zealand and been in London for two years on a visa.
I asked how it was possible and he said because he's a commonwealth citizen so has a say in UK affairs.
Does anyone else think that's fairly wrong?
I checked last night and got the exact list of who was allowed...
A British or Irish citizen living in the UK, or
A Commonwealth citizen living in the UK who has leave to remain in the UK or who does not require leave to remain in the UK
A British citizen living overseas who has been registered to vote in the UK in the last 15 years
An Irish citizen living overseas who was born in Northern Ireland and who has been registered to vote in Northern Ireland in the last 15 years
WTF?
Whats worse is there's no reciprocal agreements so Kiwis can vote on whether or not the uk stays or leaves the EU but I can't vote in the stupid dumb flag referendum.
A comical situation.
Bringing it back...there was an estimate 1m commonwealth votes ie outsiders who should not have had the right to vote but did and most likely all voted to remain.
The figure is just an estimate...it's probably a lot more bearing in mind the massive increase in the total votes and the flawed emphasis on immigration from the EU and the misconception that it would also affect commonwealth citizens living in the uk.
With that mind...if you strip away these votes...the margin of victory is a far more and it would neatly explain why London ended up as a remain free zone....let's face it....if your coming over from Oz, New Zealand and other commonwealth countries you're hardly going to to live in Stoke, Coventry or Blackburn but rather London.
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Just thought it was odd and incredibly wrong for a vote of this very specific nature to be opened up to non Brits.
I asked how it was possible and he said because he's a commonwealth citizen so has a say in UK affairs.
Does anyone else think that's fairly wrong?
I checked last night and got the exact list of who was allowed...
A British or Irish citizen living in the UK, or
A Commonwealth citizen living in the UK who has leave to remain in the UK or who does not require leave to remain in the UK
A British citizen living overseas who has been registered to vote in the UK in the last 15 years
An Irish citizen living overseas who was born in Northern Ireland and who has been registered to vote in Northern Ireland in the last 15 years
WTF?
Whats worse is there's no reciprocal agreements so Kiwis can vote on whether or not the uk stays or leaves the EU but I can't vote in the stupid dumb flag referendum.
A comical situation.
Bringing it back...there was an estimate 1m commonwealth votes ie outsiders who should not have had the right to vote but did and most likely all voted to remain.
The figure is just an estimate...it's probably a lot more bearing in mind the massive increase in the total votes and the flawed emphasis on immigration from the EU and the misconception that it would also affect commonwealth citizens living in the uk.
With that mind...if you strip away these votes...the margin of victory is a far more and it would neatly explain why London ended up as a remain free zone....let's face it....if your coming over from Oz, New Zealand and other commonwealth countries you're hardly going to to live in Stoke, Coventry or Blackburn but rather London.
...
Just thought it was odd and incredibly wrong for a vote of this very specific nature to be opened up to non Brits.