Millions of EU citizens could get to vote in national elections because it 'feels wrong' that they can't, Sir Keir Starmer tells LBC
Keir Starmer makes the case for giving 16-year-olds the voteIt "feels wrong" that millions of EU citizens can't vote in the UK's general elections, Sir Keir Starmer has told LBC.The Labour leader said it was not right that someone could contribute to the economy and communities for 30 years and not have a say in national votes.
"As you know, EU nationals can vote in local elections, Commonwealth citizens can vote in all elections, and so we're looking at that," he said."The thinking behind it is if someone's been here say 10, 20, 30 years, contributing to this economy, contributing to the community, they ought to be able to vote.
"Let me bring it alive - I've knocked on a lot of doors in the last few years, and you go to doors sometimes in a general election and you're met with someone who says 'look, I'm an EU citizen, I've been living here for 30 years, I'm married to a Brit. "'My kids were raised and brought up here, they're now working in the UK, we're all working in lots of community projects but I can't vote.'He admitted it was a "fair point" that the same courtesy has not been extended to Brits living in the EU but does not believe it is common sense to keep Europeans being barred from national polls.
"And again, it’s not such an outlandish idea. In Wales it already happens, in Scotland it already happens.EU citizens could get the right to vote under Labour plans.But the plans sparked accusations from Conservative Party Chairman Greg Hands that Labour is "laying the groundwork to drag the UK back into the EU by stealth".
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