Quote Originally Posted by drillerpie View Post
Any Jamaicans, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis etc living in the UK were eligible to vote. It has been mentioned on here several times (by leavers) that Asian voters voted largely to leave because they want visas for their non-EU friends and relatives, so that's two massive strokes of luck for the Leave campaign - almost a million Remain voting Brits cut out the system, plus a large community of Leave voting non - Brits eligible to vote. Bingo.

I can actually understand the 15 year rule in terms of general elections because if you don't live in the UK then it's not really your business, but if you're a Briton living in the EU and Britain has a referendum on whether to leave the EU then it's very much your business.
Just on the BAME voters in 2016:
This summary of polls :
https://lordashcroftpolls.com/2016/0...voted-and-why/ , states:
“Two thirds (67%) of those describing themselves as Asian voted to remain, as did three quarters (73%) of black voters.”
And this article before the vote predicted the results above:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...figures-brexit,
it states:
“.. research by the British Election Study suggests that about two-thirds of their black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) counterparts are in favour of remaining in the EU.”

Channel 4 did a poll backing the above figures up also.
Do you have any poll or other evidence backing up your statement that “Asian voters voted largely to leave”? Seems like the opposite from the poll data above.

On the 15 year rule & Brexit, yes sure those Brits in the EU would probably vote to Remain. But perhaps many Brits outside the EU would vote to Leave because they believe their profession or business would be better served with easier access to the English speaking Commonwealth Realms? Why is that not as good a reason for them to be given a vote on Brexit as the one you present for the EU dwellers? In addition, people are always mobile these days (I’ve worked in about 10 countries to date) so someone in New Zealand or Australia this month could be working back in the UK or France next month (this happens a lot in my profession), so how would you administrate that?
Anyway, I'd agree it’s a debate to be had rather than a clear black & white thing.