"Long term residents in the UK from other countries should have been allowed the vote, too"
They declared themselves as resident and then registered to vote?
Or did they just assume they can come to the UK, never leave, never register, never sign up for benefits given to anyone who does and expect to vote? If I moved to France and lived there for a couple of years, got a job, had french kids, I would declare to the French government that I was resident and going to remain so for a significant amount of my future and so would want to be able to vote and take advantage of any benefits given to French people. I would also learn French and consider French political matters as my own.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
