Monday, January 07, 2008

Disenfranchisement Looms







Of late, rigged elections seem to have become the norm.With increasing attempts to use computer voting and politicians so determined to hang on to power that they 'll stop at nothing, hardly an election goes by without a major dispute . Facts :-
A)You don't have to own a PC to know 'fixing' is a part of modern life . [Look at money machine scams.]
B)With so many illiterate in the world the good old X by face of choice is a must have .
C)Indeed, no matter where ,a paper trail is essential . Old fashioned ? No, reliable . Can we forgot the hoo ha in USA with Florida ?
D)There is another matter though and that is political franchise. ie ) a person's right to vote . The stuff democracy is supposed to be made of .
This year I lose mine and as from February am unable to vote in future British General elections even though I pay tax to the country and hold the passport . As a citizen of Britain I'm not allowed to vote in German General elections. So you may say , no problem , change your citizenship. I would ,but here's the catch ,Britain will still tax me !
For the last four years I have been campaigning to have this matter raised in the Houses Of Parliament .. WITH NO JOY .Blair ignored totally . The Lib Dems promised to get back to me ( ok they didn't say when ) Next century maybe . Cameron, like Blair ignored the matter .At weekend I wrote to Gordon Brown . Let's see what his take is .. if any .
I consider it only right that a citizen of a country , who is still paying tax to that government , be allowed a vote .It should make no difference how long they have lived overseas . Or let's drop the taxation and allow me to become a German with voting rights .To quote James Otis , "taxation without representation is tyranny.
ps ) By the way there are approximately three million overseas Brits in this situation .Were we say Kenyans or in Pakistan the western world and media would be outraged at our lack of freedom . As it is few are aware of the status quo. Of these none care.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey you took my advice and wore the leather gloves. I am sorry but you shouldn't put such distracting pictures of yourself when your trying to make important points. No contest between you and Gordan Brown lol Brimingham 24 x

miss_vixen said...

Well not really . I'm wearing leather boots so leather gloves of course.. Hope Gordon will do something but so far no word ...

Anonymous said...

You do make an important point. I'm sure if you asked him looking like you do in this picture he would give you an anwser. I would do whatever you requested lol Birmingham 24 x

miss_vixen said...

Pity you aren't PM isn't it ....?

Anonymous said...

In dont think i'd make a good PM if all it took was an attractive women in a fur coat and boots to make me change me mind.I'd always be giving into Russia lol
Birmingham 24 x

miss_vixen said...

Hmm try to see beyond fur is my advice .....

Anonymous said...

I'm sure i'd discuss something seriously. But in the UK nobody wears real fur anymore so i'd definately notice

Birmingham uk 24

miss_vixen said...

well try discussing the fact that in UK it's ok to ignore the 3 million like myself BUT hey firebombing furriers was ok and having a dipstick former PM put a bill through re hunting ( not fishing mind ) whilst ignoring voting rights ..and you wonder why I remain in Germany . Well any where actually ....

Anonymous said...

i dont blame you.its just a shame i'll never see you in your furs.

The way I see it about fur is if you eat meat you cant say anything,because your doing the same thing. You don't have to eat meat. I like eating meat and seeing beautiful women in fur.

Birmingham 24 Uk