Great! /s

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    My wife has lived in the UK for 20 years on an EU passport, she was 12 when she moved here, she is directly impacted by general elections as are all of us who live in the UK. This is the first year she can vote in one of these elections because we finally scrapped the money together to apply for her citizenship.

    How does someone who has not lived in the country for 50 years have more of a say than the people living here. It doesn’t make sense.

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    3 months ago

    The article focuses on 70+ year olds who have lived in another country for over 50% of their lives. If you have not lived in the UK for 40 or 50 years, and you intend to continue not living in the UK, then please get back in your box. 🙏

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    3 months ago

    “I deserve to have a say in what’s going on,” 76-year-old Valerie Stacey says from her home in central Madrid.

    Fuck off.

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      3 months ago

      Even after almost five decades abroad, Ian takes a keen interest in UK government policy because of concerns about his pension.

      He has spent 20 years campaigning for the UK government to improve state pensions for British citizens who moved abroad. Some countries, like Canada, do not have a financial agreement with the UK that allows for annual increases to the UK state pension

      What a fucking leech