No taxation without representation
Aug 23rd 2006, 12:07 pm
#46
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by AdobePinon
I'm very impressed that you got a reply. 
So, err.... what's up with the Cypriots and the Maltese?
So, err.... what's up with the Cypriots and the Maltese?
Aug 23rd 2006, 1:36 pm
#47
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by CPW
Cyprus and Malta are Commonwealth countries, so Cypriot or Maltese citizens who are living in the UK, even if on the basis of being the citizen of an EU country, have full voting rights.
Aug 23rd 2006, 4:45 pm
#48
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by paddingtongreen
I received the following answer to my question:
Michael,
All EU citizens resident in the UK can register to vote. UK, Irish, Maltese and Cypriot citizens can then vote in all elections. Citizens of other EU countries may only vote in local elections (including those to the Devolved institutions) and in European elections (if they do not vote in there home-Country's European elections).
Regards,
Christopher Morgan
Public Information Officer
The Electoral Commission
Trevelyan House
Great Peter Street
London SW1P 2HW
Tel: 020 7271 0728
Fax: 020 7271 0505
www.electoralcommission.org.uk
www.aboutmyvote.co.uk
Michael,
All EU citizens resident in the UK can register to vote. UK, Irish, Maltese and Cypriot citizens can then vote in all elections. Citizens of other EU countries may only vote in local elections (including those to the Devolved institutions) and in European elections (if they do not vote in there home-Country's European elections).
Regards,
Christopher Morgan
Public Information Officer
The Electoral Commission
Trevelyan House
Great Peter Street
London SW1P 2HW
Tel: 020 7271 0728
Fax: 020 7271 0505
www.electoralcommission.org.uk
www.aboutmyvote.co.uk
Aug 23rd 2006, 6:21 pm
#49
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by fatbrit
Ugh!!! And I though education was slipping in the US!
Aug 23rd 2006, 6:23 pm
#50
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by paddingtongreen
I can't complain, I often type "there" when I mean "their", I proof read so I usually find it, but...sometimes not.
Aug 23rd 2006, 6:26 pm
#51
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by fatbrit
I miss it sometimes, too! Especially when it's informal such as this forum. But I think with Mr Morgan's job, I'd take a little more care.
Maybe his Welsh is better than his English...
Aug 23rd 2006, 6:27 pm
#52
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by Elvira
Maybe his Welsh is better than his English...
Ugh!!! I need to protect my jumpin' sheep's botty, do I?
Aug 23rd 2006, 6:32 pm
#53
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by fatbrit
Ugh!!! I need to protect my jumpin' sheep's botty, do I?
Aug 24th 2006, 12:19 am
#54
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by fatbrit
Ugh!!! And I though education was slipping in the US!
Aug 24th 2006, 12:32 am
#55
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by AdobePinon
Ah, but you missed the superfluous hyphen and the miscapitalised 'c' (and 'd').
Sep 4th 2006, 1:03 am
#56
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by Manc
the people of Washington DC are playing the worlds smallest violin for us.
On another note: I'm new here. I won't be Stateside for a particularly long period of time - I'm doing an academic exchange year at Georgetown from the Uni of Sussex. It's my second week in the US, and I'm slowly but surely starting to discover that things are very different than they are in England...
Sep 4th 2006, 1:08 am
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by GaryK
T..........It's my second week in the US, and I'm slowly but surely starting to discover that things are very different than they are in England...
Welcome to BE - a collection of eminent mad people who might help you keep your sanity...
Sep 4th 2006, 2:27 am
#58
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by fatbrit
I miss it sometimes, too! Especially when it's informal such as this forum. But I think with Mr Morgan's job, I'd take a little more care.
Sep 4th 2006, 2:35 am
#59
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
I think you have highlighted one reason to naturalize when one is eligible (if applicable).
NC Penguin
NC Penguin
Sep 4th 2006, 12:42 pm
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Re: No taxation without representation
Originally Posted by GaryK
It's my second week in the US, and I'm slowly but surely starting to discover that things are very different than they are in England...
The USA is just as foreign as Italy or Brazil but that fact is masked by popular image.
