It's already been established that Poland and not UK paid for this...
i know this my dear, i have already said that :)
no Anglo-Saxon was harmed in the process.
lol i like the humour :) but really thats it, what you have just said Polish polish polish, where in the UK no UK interaction at all like a separate colony all together we need to live side by side or nothing at all. I don't think pockets of nationalities is a good idea thats all.
But then you say they should use a postal vote...I'm surprised you don't object to them using Her Majesty's Royal Mail boxes, the contents of which are emptied, transported and sorted by Her Majesty's Royal Mail employees...or perhaps you do object them using a Royal Mail postal service...Perhaps the Poles should supply their own post boxes..or better still ballot boxes.
of course i don't mind, there paying for the postage stamp so they deserve to get the service like anybody else does. i just don't think any nationality should have an organised place for voting unless its UK referendums or voting time, thats about the size of it.
will the apply to british citizens abroad so? Unless you are in britian you cannot vote in a british election unless you are in britian?
why the hell not, and you can vote, postal and through embassy's
What about the armed services abroad? what about the GB citizens who happen to be working in Dubai or warsaw? By your merits, your saying you wont allow the british government to organise, pay and allow GB citizens overseas (ie in other countries) the ability to vote? Because that is in effect what you are saying about the Polish govt have done in the UK (and in many other places.
thats why we have post, they can send a vote like they can send a letter to their families its not that difficult and my father has done it himself :)
newsflash - this kind of thing was going on long before EU btw.
NEWSFLASH: the EU has made this type of thing even worse and will no doubt encourage the right of any national to do most things in a foreign land.
the makeup of the GB population is more varied than white british male and has connections to many countries around the world.
stop trying to make out that i think every British person is 'WHITE' because i don't think that. Your just pointing at the 'race' issue again which as you very well know i have no problem with.
these people are british and should they go abroad are entitled to vote in british elections abroad. the GB govt organises, pays and allows this by the grace of international law - the converse is. they allow other nations to organise, pay and allow other nations to do the same.
you see that term again, international law, it crops up everywhere. Good for them wow they can vote but i don't see why they can't just post their votes or do it through the British Embassy or what ever embassy of the country they are from.
there is no cost to the uk tax payer
there is no laws imposed on the gb citizen as a result of such election (as there is none when a GB citizen does the very same abroad)
it is not an EU law, it is an international law, that PREDATES EU.
EU or International law its all the same, its not British, on British land it should be BRITISH law only.
I truely feel from your original post, you objected largely to there being a GB cost to this, now you've conceeded there is not and merely have you 'back up' now
AS i dont think you would want the GB citizens right to vote abraod removed either.
how about the fact i had more than one point and it wasn't just about the money. If you think i'm arguing or debating for no reason then hay thats your opinion.
Torn, unfortunately you don't let me change my mind about you. I don't like EU (maybe not totally but in current version this is s*hit no doubt) but this has nothing to do with EU or any political correctness, that's not any "make love not war" kind of stuff, that's simply one of the most basic things. If your government tried to interrupt in any way, you would make yourself an ass of the world and suffer huge loses both politically and economically.
Point taken mate, it was also well constructed. To be honest if we said 'no' you can't have public ballet boxes instead you have to vote by post or by going to the embassy i don't really think the rest of the world apart from Poland would care. I accept its good for Polish/British relations that we allow you to have these elections here, please for one second don't think i would apply this to the Polish only because i wouldn't it would be to all. It's just a simple principal that the only voting, polling and electing to be done in this country should be our own.
Agreed.. Torny just doesn't like being wrong....it's just become argument for arguments sake :(
well i htink you'll find that when i'm wrong Daisy i publicly apoligise for being so. If i am ever out of line etc etc i am the first to write on the public boards either 'sorry' or 'i'm wrong' so don't question my integraty please, thank you