UK: Labour to Back Giving Voting Rights in National Elections to Foreigners

by VICTORIA FRIEDMAN
Breitbart
Sep. 25, 2019

In a move that would demolish a foundation of the British democratic system, Labour is set to back giving foreign nationals the right to vote in General Elections.

Currently, EU citizens and other foreigners living legally in the United Kingdom can vote in local and European Parliament elections, while only Britons, Irish citizens, and those from the Commonwealth can vote in national General Elections.

According to the Independent, the Labour Party will commit to backing extending the voting franchise to all those foreign citizens with residency rights, which the progressive-liberal news website says "could have a seismic impact on a future Brexit referendum".

In the 2016 referendum, only those who could vote in national elections could vote on the UK's membership of the EU. However, if the country's voting franchise is extended and there is a General Election before Brexit is delivered, the some three-million EU citizens living in Britain could swing an election victory for Labour. If a Labour government then holds a second referendum on EU membership, those European citizens would hold power over Britons on the future of their country's place in the world by forcing a vote to Remain.

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