Brexit: the referendum

ComfySlippers said:
Do you mean Irish or Irish?

If you're a British citizen you have the right to vote wherever you live.
(I might be wrong about the 15 year restriction).

Without wanting to turn this into RollingNews:
IDS is suggesting record turnout of Council Estate voters.

Gibraltar turnout: 84%
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All I know is:
Entitlement to vote in the referendum

(1) Those entitled to vote in the referendum are—
(a) the persons who, on the date of the referendum, would be entitled to
vote as electors at a parliamentary election in any constituency,
(b) the persons who, on that date, are disqualified by reason of being peers
from voting as electors at parliamentary elections but—
(i) would be entitled to vote as electors at a local government
election in any electoral area in Great Britain,
(ii) would be entitled to vote as electors at a local election in any
district electoral area in Northern Ireland, or
(iii) would be entitled to vote as electors at a European
Parliamentary election in any electoral region by virtue of
section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (peers
resident outside the United Kingdom), and
(c) the persons who, on the date of the referendum—
(i) would be entitled to vote in Gibraltar as electors at a European
Parliamentary election in the combined electoral region in
which Gibraltar is comprised, and

(ii) fall within subsection (2).
(2) A person falls within this subsection if the person is either—
(a) a Commonwealth citizen, or
(b) a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.

(3) In subsection (1)(b)(i) “local government election” includes a municipal
election in the City of London (that is, an election to the office of mayor,
alderman, common councilman or sheriff and also the election of any officer
elected by the mayor, aldermen and liverymen in common hall).
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Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/36/pdfs/ukpga_20150036_en.pdf

Archie Gemmill Goal said:
As best I know Irish/EU and Commonwealth can vote and everyone else can't.

The only time a non-EU person who's not in the Commonwealth can vote is once they become a citizen. Permanent residency is not enough.
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That would be my strange reading too...
 
Regardless of the outcome, (and embarrassing run-up), I recommend for anyone watching live that we vote #TheVine and #TheDimbleby for our Overlords next time.

Oh, word in my ear says my vote is next.. wtf.
 
Doghouse Reilly said:
On what basis would he have made that remark? Seems oddly premature, no?
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I have no desire to understand what passes for the mind of Nigel Farage.

Watching Tory MP Chris Grayling, brexit supporter, saying the party need to put this behind them and work together. Two chances of that; bugger all and none.
 
angrysoba said:
I know of one vote out so it's back down to 100%.
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Damn. Looks like going down to the wire then.

My mother was going to vote Leave but changed her mind and voted Remain. That's a 200% swing right there.

For her it was the realisation that the shower in power - for whom she has nothing but contempt - would make an absolute pig's ear of the leaving process. The best thing to do with such people at the wheel is stick to straight roads. A woman of great sense and judgement, my mother.

(I'm not allowed to tell my sister because she'd think it was her arguments which won the day and we can't be having that :).)
 
The Don household has two Remain votes..

The kittehs would have voted out, then in, out again, in, then out and whenever the door is closed would have mewled plaintively to be the other side of the door.
 
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