AIBU to think it was unfair that I didn't get a vote (Brexit)

[Nicolamarlow1]

At the time of the referendum my DH and I had lived in France for more than 15 years and therefore we couldn't vote in the referendum (or in any other UK elections come to that). We are now back in the UK. Just because we lived there at the time didn't mean we were there forever. While we were in France we were still British citizens and there must be thousands of expats like us who were denied a vote on Brexit.

It was 15 years not 15 weeks. Seriously 😂

So all of you who think the OP is being unreasonable, I presume you also have a massive problem with Andy Wigmore of Leave.Eu having anything to do with the referendum.

Because EU citizens who do not live in the U.K. or hold a British Passport do not pay taxes into the U.K. system.

I think you are right and they should allow you to vote as it affects you the most. I'm EU citizen have been living in UK for 9 years, 2 kids, working in the NHS, same as my partner, mum and sister. None of us allowed to have a say. Just feel really sad that things could have been done a lot better. It is a very stressful situation specially when you have lived most of your adult life in UK and you have a young family....

I don't know why you are trying to be smug when the rule was set at 15 years, you fell within the EU accepted limit, so well done I guess

You're very eager to point out the rules and limits aren't you?

Everyone's got to have a hobby I suppose.

'Because EU citizens who do not live in the U.K. or hold a British Passport do not pay taxes into the U.K. system.'

I don't think that anyone is suggesting that non-British EU citizens who don't live in the UK should have voted in the referendum. The people who should have had the vote are the British citizens living long-term on the Continent, and the EU citizens living in the UK (most of whom do pay taxes into the UK system). Nor was it even a matter of not allowing ANY non-citizens in the UK to vote, because Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK did get a vote, despite the fact that most of them - the Irish excepted - were less affected than the non-Commonwealth EU citizens.

So all of you who think the OP is being unreasonable, I presume you also have a massive problem with Andy Wigmore of Leave.Eu having anything to do with the referendum.

Nope, because he fell inside the EU accepted parameters of who was allowed to vote, he cancelled out the smug poster who also fell inside the EU accepted guidelines and voted remain.