Britain’s EU migrants get a first chance to vote since the referendum
Watch out, Theresa May
A SIMPLE misunderstanding almost stopped Nafsika Butler-Thalassis’s political career before it started. “I hadn’t actually realised I could stand,” says Ms Butler-Thalassis, a Greek national who is running to be a Labour councillor in Westminster. Brexit provided a swift, if unwelcome, education for Britain’s 3m EU migrants about what rights they enjoy. Local elections taking place in parts of England in May will be their first chance since the Brexit vote to vent their feelings at the ballot box.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Payback time”
Britain March 10th 2018
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- Britain’s EU migrants get a first chance to vote since the referendum
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