Thought I'd start a new thread as this is going to be a major talking point this year...have not made up my mind yet...(unlike bucksfizz)....but thinking of voting for an exit as Europe is not doing Britain any good at all it seems....

as voted for by a 4% majority in the referendum
indeed, very much in line with what corbyn himself has always wanted

did you actually vote in the referendum fred?

If you are living out of the Country for 15 years or more you do not get a vote, no matter how British you are cynic.

so????
and do you think they should?

Depends on whether they pay their full dues over the absent period and where they pay those dues!

by living abroad, it is a matter of fact that they will avoid paying uk income tax
whether or not you regard that as part of their "full dues" is a matter of opinion, though personally, i do not see why they should get a vote

for that matter, i don't think prisoners jailed for crimes with a tariff of say 7 years or more (an arbitrary period) should get a vote either

Take the best and leave the rest to pay cynic. If TM gets here way - you`ll pay every day, so you would be richer if you move away and leave the rest to pay.

Vote with your feet.

TM has such high standards that she has nothing to say about the killing of Khashoggi and is happy to supply weapons to these nations for cash.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/27/argentina-prosecutors-considering-charges-against-mohammed-bin-salman-at-g20

i'll just live with what life throws at me, and unless finances dictate otherwise, i really have no wish to move within this country either

Expats can vote in referenda for 15 years after leaving the UK. I certainly know plenty of fellow expats who didn't vote in the first referendum (mainly because they didn't know they could vote) who intend to vote remain in the second referendum.

Presumably Dilbert discounted those folks in his straw poll down at the Sheep Shaggers Arms???

if someone has chosen to live abroad - being posted abroad is different - thus avoiding uk taxes, why should they then retain the right to vote at all?

I don't make the laws, Cyners, I just know how to use them. But when it comes to Brexit, nearly every expat living in Europe is adversely affected to some degree at a personal level, so why shouldn't they have a vote?

Manuel,

Be careful, there seems to be a lot of knives be thrown in the Thames Valley.

(Not all of them by tory con artists.)

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CNG.

They are probably baaing him from there.

CNG - exactly because they have chosen to live elsewhere ..... but yes, if the law says etc, but the law also says philip green can abuse the tax system to his heart's content

You can live in the UK and avoid most taxes bar VAT - the more you earn the less you pay and still get a vote, so why should expats not get a vote in any referendum if they hold a British Passport ?

With an Irish granny, you can hold multiple passports!

;o)

sure wish i could avoid most taxes, other than via my pension

exactly because these people have chosen to live in spain or france or switzerland or wherever ...... if you go, you go

Talking of going?..when are you going Alf? 😀

Cyners,

Really, you need to take this up with your MP before the next referendum. Has Dilbert got a date for it yet?

:o)

now - home to cook some leftover chicken in a tasty white sauce with mushrooms and leeks and a jacket potato

10370 - lol hils , that fecking thick they didn't know they could vote ??? How stupid are they , sheep up here knew the score. People that stupid shouldn't be allowed to vote , even Fred knew but just couldn't be arsed.

Keep praying hils :-)

".........because they didn't know they could vote........."

Tee hee hee. :-)