tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post6195190176694856214..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Tories Want Taxation Without RepresentationTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-60671466153701365822015-05-31T13:23:38.542+01:002015-05-31T13:23:38.542+01:00But what they've missed is that ex-pats living...<i>But what they've missed is that ex-pats living in the EU will presumably be allowed to vote because they can vote in Parliamentary elections. They outnumber EU citizens living here and have just as much vested interest in the outcome.</i><br /><br />They won't. Certainly not all of them: anyone who has been out of the UK for more than fifteen years gets no vote, <b>even when HMRC are still taxing them</b>. The good people of Boston tipped tea in their harbour over that issue in 1773: why is justice denied to British citizens nearly 250 years later?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194881271051758232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-51291414972659478372015-05-26T10:49:09.090+01:002015-05-26T10:49:09.090+01:00So, people who can't vote in Parliamentary ele...So, people who can't vote in Parliamentary elections won't be able to vote in the referendum. Next breaking news? I predict the referendum will be on a Thursday! <br /><br />But what they've missed is that ex-pats living in the EU will presumably be allowed to vote because they can vote in Parliamentary elections. They outnumber EU citizens living here and have just as much vested interest in the outcome. <br /><br /><br />Ireland wanted to join Schengen but would have needed to introduce proper border controls with the (non-Schengen) UK. Since their only connections to the rest of Schengen is by air/ sea with security checks which negate a lot of the "borderless" benefit it was more practical to stay as they were. SteveBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-40408539195227425202015-05-26T00:32:24.056+01:002015-05-26T00:32:24.056+01:00Ireland isn't in the Schengen area.Ireland isn't in the Schengen area.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01612882464304484554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-70824001437638358342015-05-25T15:03:35.515+01:002015-05-25T15:03:35.515+01:00Last thing he remembers, he was
Running for the d...Last thing he remembers, he was <br />Running for the door <br />He had to find the passage back <br />To the place there was before. <br />"Relax, " said the night man, <br />"We are programmed to receive. <br />You can check-out any time you like, <br />But you can never leave!"Hotel Europhobianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-66000814812781666082015-05-25T13:35:33.905+01:002015-05-25T13:35:33.905+01:00I wonder what would have been the result if Englis...I wonder what would have been the result if English people living in Scotland had been excluded from the Independence referendum?Arnoldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-653657360743798422015-05-25T11:31:35.423+01:002015-05-25T11:31:35.423+01:00Does anyone want to tell the Mail that British cit...Does anyone want to tell the Mail that British citizens living in Ireland don't get to vote in referendums in Ireland? This is because there is no formal referendum system in Britain like we have in Ireland. This is also the reason British citizens living here don't get to vote in Presidential elections. <br /><br />No one wants to tell them? Okay...deiseachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13992056535859763243noreply@blogger.com