Earlier, Sir Keir promised to grant «full voting rights to EU citizens.» Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Sir Keir Starmer will give the vote to millions of EU citizens if Labor wins the next general election, according to The Telegraph.
According to the manifesto, the franchise is planned to expand to its maximum in almost a century , Sir Keir will launch a «proposal package» including the votes of settled migrants and 16- and 17-year-olds.
The move could completely force the Conservatives out of London and oust Boris Johnson if he runs for Parliament again in 2029.
However, the Labor leader has been accused of trying to «rig the results» of future elections and «lay the ground for a referendum on reunification with the EU.”
The proposals would allow tax-paying migrants permanently residing in the UK to vote in the general election for the first time.
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This is expected to affect around 3.4 million EU citizens in the UK who have already met these requirements for «permanent status». An additional 2.6 million people have already received «pre-populated» status and may become eligible to vote in the future.
Labour will also expand voting rights to include 1.4 million 16- and 17-year-olds, which will increase the electorate by more than eight percent in total.
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Professor Sir John Curtis, polling expert, said migrants and youth are more likely to be Labor supporters.< /p>p>
Home Office data shows that settled migrants are heavily concentrated in the major cities and the south of England.
“We all have a right or wrong assumption that they are more likely to be against Brexit and, therefore less likely to vote for the Conservative Party,” he said.
He added that politics «could help contribute to the downfall of Boris» in his migrant-heavy west London constituency if he remains an MP after the next election.
Analysis by The Telegraph , suggests that senior Conservative MPs who may also be at risk include Bob Blackman, executive secretary of the 1922 Committee, and Sir Ian Duncan Smith, former leader of the party.
Labor plans to expand British influence Voters are expected to be announced in the party's next manifesto, with details to be finalized by senior aides in the coming months.
Sir Keir called for «full voting rights for EU citizens» during his campaign trail 2020, but no political announcements have been made since.
His other pledge to «protect free movement after leaving the EU» has since been rescinded, and the plan to introduce voting at 16 has been moved from Jeremy's manifesto Corbyn.
«He doesn't trust the British people.» '
A Labor spokesman said: «Keir is fundamentally convinced that if you work hard and contribute to this country, not only should you succeed, but fairly and correctly, that you should also have a say in the decisions that are made for your community.» '.
But a Conservative spokesman suggested the move was designed to set the stage for a second Brexit referendum and accused Sir Keir of trying to «rig» the election results at the end of his potential first term as prime minister.
«Allowing foreigners to vote is Sir Keir Starmer's admission that he does not trust the British people.» the representative said. “He is laying the groundwork for the referendum on EU reunification, for which he has advocated so passionately. And now he wants to falsify the result.”
Settled EU migrants are already eligible to vote in some UK elections, including for the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, for police and criminal commissioners, and for local councils.
The right has been granted to sixteen and 17 year old teenagers. vote in local and local assembly elections in Scotland 2016 and Wales 2020.
Citizens of Ireland and the Commonwealth are eligible to vote in general elections if they are resident in the UK and register to vote.
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But the expansion of EU voting rights and the voting age is considered the biggest increase in suffrage since women were granted equal suffrage with men in 1928.
EU migrants are concentrated in the cities and in the south of England
Speaking at a Progressive Britain conference on Saturday, Sir Keir said he was prepared for the next election to be 'dirty and nasty' after the party's success in the local elections.
“We can't complain. It’s unpleasant, but you have to put up with it,” he said.
The Labor leader added that his reforms would go further than Sir Tony Blair's decision to drop Clause IV of the party's constitution in 1995 and said he «[doesn't] care» if his commitment to preserving the British way of life and the environment «sounded conservative». «.
«Given the level of cynicism in our politics, the frustration, the retreat, the disengagement, our collapse in Scotland, the loss of the Red Wall, this task is constant, difficult and huge,» he said.
“This is, if you like, point IV on steroids. And last week's results show that our work is starting to pay off.»
Amid speculation about the prospect of a coalition deal with the Liberal Democrats if Labor fails to win a majority in the next election, Sir Keir rejected proposals he would reform the UK electoral system to benefit the smaller parties.
“We will have priorities going to government, clear priorities. They will be missions and I am afraid that voting reform is not one of the priorities,” he said.
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