Thread by @Jon_Danzig

① The #EUreferendum was undemocratic. Many people directly affected were denied a vote.

Citizens living in the UK from over 70 nations could vote in the EU referendum, but most citizens living here from the rest of the #EU could not.

② Including Britain, 55 countries across the world are members of the #Commonwealth, and all citizens from those countries resident with ‘leave-to-remain’ in the UK were granted a vote the #EUreferendum.

They included citizens living here from Australia, Canada, Ghana, India..

③ Just two #EU countries are members of the #Commonwealth, #Malta and #Cyprus, and citizens from those countries resident in the UK were able to vote in the #EUreferendum.

④ In addition, citizens living in the UK from 15 ‘British Overseas Territories’ could also have a say on Britain’s future in Europe, including those from Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Montserrat.

Residents of #Gibraltar were also able to vote in the #EUReferendum.

⑤ Citizens of the British Crown Dependents of the Isle of Man and the Channel Island who live in the United Kingdom also had a vote.

And as a result of a special treaty signed between Britain and #Ireland, Irish citizens living in the UK could also vote in the referendum.

⑥ BUT citizens from 24 #EU countries who made Britain their home, who resided here, worked here and paid pay taxes here, and many of whom had created families here, were denied a vote on whether Britain would remain an EU member, even though the decision directly affected them.

⑦ Many of those #EU citizens who were denied a vote in the #EUreferendum had been living in Britain for over 30 years.

⑧ In addition, Britons who’d lived abroad for more than 15 years were denied a vote in the referendum.

That’s despite the Conservative’s 2015 manifesto promise to scrap the ’15-year rule’ and give all Britons living abroad ‘Votes for Life’.

⑨ Many Britons living abroad were excluded from the #EUeferendum, even though for those living and working across the EU, the result directly affected them.

⑩ In addition, it’s claimed that thousands of Britons living abroad who were eligible to vote in the #EUreferendum were denied participation due to ‘missing postal votes.’

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⑪ Highlighted in this Twitter thread are just a few of the MANY flaws in the #EUreferendum. Can anyone truly claim it was a fair or democratic vote? (ENDS)