British Expats Urged to Vote In General Election

With a General Election due to be called in the UK within the next ten months British expats continue to be urged to register to vote.

It seems that now both the Labour and Conservative overseas wings are trying drum up the expat vote abroad in the hope of persuading them to register in time for the election.

Given the grievances that many British expats have with the UK Government it seems somewhat ironic to me that either party has the nerve to approach Brits living abroad. This is especially the case if you live outside the EU, considering the ongoing dispute over the inflation proofing of age related UK expat pensions in the ECHR.

I fancy that a collective gesture, favoured by a former Conservative wartime leader, is called for and probably all that they are likely to get from the majority of British expats living abroad.