Popular Post webfact Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 British citizens living abroad are now eligible to register to vote in UK general elections, regardless of how long they’ve been living outside the UK. A new law has removed the previous 15-year time limit. Supporting the awareness raising campaign of the UK’s Electoral Commission, the British Embassy in Bangkok is calling on British residents living in Thailand to check if they are eligible. The Commission is the independent and impartial organisation that oversees elections in the UK. Those who have previously lived in or been registered to vote in the UK now have the right to vote in UK parliament elections. They can register online at www.gov.uk/registertovote and will need to confirm their personal information every three years. Anyone on a UK electoral register is also considered a permissible donor to UK political parties and campaigners. Mark Gooding, British Ambassador to Thailand, said… “A change in UK law means that more British citizens living abroad are now eligible to vote in UK Parliament elections. It’s important that eligible people are made aware of the changes so that they can register to vote and cast a ballot when the time comes.” by Thaiger All Abroad! | Photo taken from the British Embassy Facebook page Full story: The Thaiger 2024-01-18 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 3 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NanLaew Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 Now, all you malcontents squatting in moobahns and bahn nawk, whining about how s**t your home has become, register to vote, vote Reform and let's get shot of the bloody Tories. 4 1 6 1 1 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 Maybe we should get an MP in the British parliament as well, I note that the French provide this for their expats in various places including the UK. 3 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieKo Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 (edited) And you really think Reform will do what they promise? Take The illegal migrants for example. The government make a big show of wanting to send them to Rwanda. But may have to listen to the high court to get it through or not. Yet it is well know secret that the high court is controlled by the government. So it's all show. Why else would Julian Assange still be in a high security prison when they could keep him in a normal prison. Waiting for the Yanks to extradite him. Because the government being a good little lapdog follows what the US wants. Even with taxes, they promise to cut taxes. They give with one hand while taking it back with the other hand. Not to mention they have absolutely ruined the UK with sanctions that no one other than the politicians wanted. Our vote never counts! Edited January 18 by CharlieKo 1 3 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brewsterbudgen Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 2 hours ago, NanLaew said: Now, all you malcontents squatting in moobahns and bahn nawk, whining about how s**t your home has become, register to vote, vote Reform and let's get shot of the bloody Tories. Reform? Aren't they a bunch of extreme-right wing fascist thugs? Even too extreme for Farage! 3 3 2 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mokwit Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 14 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said: Reform? Aren't they a bunch of extreme-right wing fascist thugs? Even too extreme for Farage! No. 1 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) 1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said: Reform? Aren't they a bunch of extreme-right wing fascist thugs? Even too extreme for Farage! That's a big No, for maximum success he needs to take over as leader but i doubt Farage wants to do it Edited January 18 by scubascuba3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post retarius Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 Is it possible to vote Tory? Askin' for a friend. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lungbing Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 The problem will be receiving the voting form from your home constituency and then getting it back to them in time to count. A proxy would get round that, but do you trust your proxy to vote the way you want? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NanLaew Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 Reform are the mandateless, manifestoless, also-ran spoiler party with no delusions of high office. They should easily suck up around 10% of the slightly less apathetic and indolent Brits vote and, while not securing a single seat in parliament themselves will, 1) Consign the deplorable Conservatives to the political wilderness while, 2) Denying the equally vapid, shifty and odious Labour Party of any sort of meaningful, parliamentary majority. Kills two absolutely s**t birds with one stone. 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NanLaew Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 2 hours ago, retarius said: Is it possible to vote Tory? Askin' for a friend. Of course it is. It is also equally possible to properly slap your friend. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 7 minutes ago, lungbing said: The problem will be receiving the voting form from your home constituency and then getting it back to them in time to count. A proxy would get round that, but do you trust your proxy to vote the way you want? Lack of trust? Maybe you've been here too long? Anyway, I recall there are two sorts of UK voting proxy, one where you vote pick who you want and your proxy can only submit it as-is. It's filed similar to rthe way a 'standing order' is held at a UK bank in that you will vote for the same party every time. The other, easier form is to have your proxy do the vote pick for you. This is handy if you're a wishy-washy, flippy-floppy type that vacilates between Conservative, Lib Dem or fancy a splash of Greenery. I have never had any issues with missing out on UK voting by proxy (both methods) because of things taking too long. Possibly if there was a snap general election (nobody's going to call that for a while, are they Theresa?) or, if there was a sudden resignation of another Tory MP for being a d**k (they honestly can't help themselves) that forces a byelection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arick Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 All commonwealth citizens can vote in a UK general election.. they should make easier for Canadian and Nigerians Jamaicans Indians Pakistan. To vote 😝😝 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhendis Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 10 hours ago, lungbing said: The problem will be receiving the voting form from your home constituency and then getting it back to them in time to count. A proxy would get round that, but do you trust your proxy to vote the way you want? I agree entirely and would also add that the whole idea of using a proxy is totally wrong in terms of the personal and private nature of the vote. There is no reason why electronic voting should not be incorporated. Using the internet is good enough for banks so it should be plenty good enough for election voting then we could all vote whenever there is a snap election. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 17 hours ago, webfact said: British citizens living abroad are now eligible to register to vote in UK general elections, regardless of how long they’ve been living outside the UK. A new law has removed the previous 15-year time limit. I wonder if that's because so many Brits have left England for better pastures and only the remaining immigrants aren't voting the way they want. 1 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NotEinstein Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 One reason they will be doing this is to identify some of those who haven't declared residing overseas. 1 3 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 What's the point, I'll be out voted by two newly settled dingy people ! 1 2 2 2 1 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nicholas Paul KNIGHT Posted January 18 Popular Post Share Posted January 18 (edited) Judging by many comments, I do not suppose for one minute that the political Organisations will benefit from the vote from a group of people who as far as I can determine from comments a group of people fuelled by the hatred of a country that provides many of them with sustenance even though many of them do not really deserve it . Good idea in my book can at last have a minuite say on how my UK TAX IS spent m Edited January 18 by Nicholas Paul KNIGHT 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soalbundy Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 Why bother? what is the UK to me, nothing more than a supplier of my passport. 1 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 minute ago, soalbundy said: Why bother? what is the UK to me, nothing more than a supplier of my passport. No state pension yet? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisbangkok Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 15 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said: Reform? Aren't they a bunch of extreme-right wing fascist thugs? Even too extreme for Farage! That's the current incumbent party you're describing 😊. Stop the boats pah , taking the focus of the real issues is all that is , hyped by the tory press to distract the lemmings from food poverty, underfunded nhs , rampant cronieism, highest ever tax burden ,out of control inflation , fuel poverty etc etc .. all the fault of a few thousands souls in rubber boats apparently... 1 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Just now, jacko45k said: No state pension yet? A very small one that I use as petrol and electricity money, I haven't lived in the UK for 55 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Toby1947 Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 15 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said: Reform? Aren't they a bunch of extreme-right wing fascist thugs? Even too extreme for Farage! Yes I think they are. Same as the expats are living under in Thailand 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post realfunster Posted January 19 Popular Post Share Posted January 19 47 minutes ago, hotchilli said: I wonder if that's because so many Brits have left England for better pastures and only the remaining immigrants aren't voting the way they want. I believe that expats are more likely to be Tory voters : Based on a 2 minutes Google search : 55% of British expats are men, who are slightly more likely to vote conservative than women. Voters >40 years of age are much more likely to vote conservative. (Average age of British expat: 53) Around 5.5 million expats in total. So, at face value, this would appear to benefit the Tories. 3 1 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 So which party hopes that expats can see British politics for the messs it's in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clydesdale Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 15 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: That's a big No, for maximum success he needs to take over as leader but i doubt Farage wants to do it I am very sure he does not want to do it. After the last election he quit as leader of his own party. Likes telling the big story but not the graft that goes with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 35 minutes ago, soalbundy said: A very small one that I use as petrol and electricity money, I haven't lived in the UK for 55 years. I have been out some time too, but kept up the NHI stamps to get the pension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 3 minutes ago, jacko45k said: I have been out some time too, but kept up the NHI stamps to get the pension. My German pension, which gets every increase no matter where I live, is higher than any UK pension I could get. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 6 minutes ago, soalbundy said: My German pension, which gets every increase no matter where I live, is higher than any UK pension I could get. Oh do stop it... us poor Brits on pensions have enough angst. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bday Prang Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 16 hours ago, ukrules said: Maybe we should get an MP in the British parliament as well, I note that the French provide this for their expats in various places including the UK. Well there appears to be a minister for everything else so why not? They could start by giving the embassy staff a shake up , and then address the injustice of frozen pensions 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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