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Originally Posted by Damien
Sitting at home?
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... while eating "
Hatey-Yum" sandwiches...
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Originally Posted by Slyder
I apologise, it was me being sarcastic. I only ask as I find it disgusting in a country where "equal opportunities" means so much to the bigwigs, then how the hell do they justify leaving them out ? The whole thing is a farce and the winner, decided weeks before the general public is told.
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If they included the BNP, then what about the Green Party? UKIP? The English Democrats? The Pirate Party? The Science Party?.....They can't have them all, & they couldn't only add the BNP but not any others (e.g. the Greens have local councillors & a couple of MEPs, like the BNP have, while UKIP have the same no. of MEPs as Labour).
The debates include only the leaders of the Tory, Labour, & Lib Dem parties because they are the three largest parties in the UK as a whole, with the most MPs in Westminster, and because they are therefore the only leaders who have any chance of becoming PM after the General Election.
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Originally Posted by DocDutch
CAn you vote then for the General Election Daniel? I'm only for locals as a EU citizen.
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Originally Posted by danielf
No, I can't. I'd have to get a British passport, which would mean giving up my current passport, which I'm not prepared to do (yet).
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I think that's rather unfair, myself. If you live here, work here, pay taxes here, etc. etc. etc., then why shouldn't you be allowed to vote in the General Election? The outcome does affect you, even though you're not a British Citizen.
On the flip side of that, I think it's a bit strange that (AFAIK) British Ex-Pats can still vote in UK General Elections... If they are not living here, not working here, not paying taxes here, etc. etc. etc., then why should they have a say in who runs the country?