What I mean is what do you makes people eligible for a vote simply "born in the uk, and has been fully naturalised" I personally feel that people who contribute to Tax and work in a country for a number of years should have a vote.
I have friends in their 40s, who have been in the country for 20 years, worked all their lives, has a Bachelors or the equivalent yet they do not have a vote, why should someone who never works a day in their life have a vote over that?
I have other people I know, mid 30s left with a GCSE or below equivalent, never worked yet they have a say? is that fair?
Oh okay. I don't think there is any need to make a comparison to people who haven't worked. If you start making it about who works and who doesn't, it sounds like you're getting scarily close to US-style poll tax of the late 19th century.
I'm not really equipped to argue the rest as I don't know the rules myself. Regardless I think that everyone who lives in the UK (i.e. has a registered address) should be allowed to vote, and even then it bothers me that this might disenfranchise the homeless.
There's an Australian guy I work with who moved here from Berlin about 2 months ago and he's registered to vote so it can't be that hard? Why does your friend in their 40s not have a vote? Have they tried to register?
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