Thread by @Dont_Vote_Tobin

Dear voters in Uxbridge & South Ruislip and across the UK

Today I'm officially launching my election campaign in Boris Johnson's constituency. Not to win but to raise the issue of the over 7m disenfranchised voters in the #GE2019

Please spend a minute to watch my campaign video

Ca 3m British citizens abroad, like me, are barred from voting as we have been out of the UK for 'too long'.

The Conservative Party promised us votes for life in their 2015 & 2017 manifestos.

But yet again, at the important #GE2019, we are forced to watch from the sidelines.

Equally excluded from the #GE2019 are the ca 2 1/2 million long term foreign residents in the UK. Excluded from an election that will have profound affect on their lives and that will set the direction of the UK, their home, for decades to come.

And there are ca 1 1/2 million 16 & 17 year olds - emerging adults with most of their lives still ahead of them. Allowed to work, paying taxes, but with no say over their future.

This is why I'm standing in the #GE2019. To be the voice for the over 7m silenced by our undemocratic election franchise.
I don't want you to vote for me but to press the other candidates to commit to end the disenfranchisement of millions.
#DontVoteTobin but #LetTobinVote

P.S. Some might wonder how I can stand for parliament while not being allowed to vote.

This perfectly illustrates the idiocracy of the UK electoral system which needs urgent reform to end the democratic deficit and injustice.

P.S.S. Standing for parliament does come with a (modest) cost.
It allows me to distribute flyers to over 47k households in Uxbridge & South Ruislip.

It would be kind if you could spare a little to help me to spread the message of the 7m disenfranchised:
crowdfunder.co.uk/dontvotetobin