Should expats have the right to vote?

I think it depends on whether they are paying tax here which a lot of disgruntled ex pats do. Especially as lot of people voted in the referendum and don't pay tax. The ex pats also aren't clogging up the hospitals here.They also probably moved abroad because we were in the EU; some of them did so because they needed a milder climate.

My BiL has lived in France for the past 40 years and complained bitterly that he couldn't vote in the referendum. But I don't agree, if he wants to live in France that is his choice and he doesn't know what it is like here now.

No
I lived overseas for 10years and although the voting limit is 15years I did not feel I had the right to vote when I was not resident. However, I knew that I would eventually return home so I did keep a keen eye on the economics and politics of the U.K.. It was interesting viewing from an external perspective.

Mrs Thatcher brought in Expat voting - she thought, rightly, that they would vote Tory in the main.

I think there should be a five year limit.

Good for you gj

I don't think expats should vote. A man on breakfast was saying how unfair it was that, because he had lived in Spain for more than 15 years, he couldn't vote and now his pension is worth less. My first thought was bloody cheek! Cake and eat it came to mind!

If your nephew has no intention to live in Canada long term then he should have a vote, nina. So a time limit seems reasonable.

My nephew is currently working in Canada but intends to return to the UK he paid £80+ to vote in the referendum.
Does this apply to ex pats in all countries ?
I do think there is a case for a time limit. If you have no intention of returning then you should forfeit your vote.

No, they chose another country over this country , they don't have to live with what their votes may bring to us

No. You have chosen to leave the country and live somewhere else.