Submitted on Thursday 11th April 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 1st May 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Introduce votes for life for overseas UK citizens by scrapping the 15 year rule.
Many British people live and work abroad, often moving between countries, often in industries which promote British interests. After 15 years we lose the right to vote. Some argue that after 15 years people are settled so have lost contact with the UK, this is not true for many of us working ex-pats
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