Hi I'm Frank and I am English born UK citizen living
in Sunderland in the North East of England. I would
like to officially welcome all Europeans who mave
moved into England over the years and I am very happy
for more EU citizens to live in my country.
Every European I have met are very polite, friendly,
hard working and you make sure you fit in to our
culture. England needs you.
I see your organisation deals with the specific needs
of East Europeans and if I can be of any assistance
please reply to my message.
The UK is a democracy and as EU citizens you have
voting rights allowing you to stand as election
candidates and vote in UK council, regional and
European Parliamentary elections, so I would ensure
you get your names added to the electoral register
allowing you to vote and any future referendum on the
EU Treaty. You can register online by clicking the
following link
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/DoItOnline/DG_4017686I would say that in general the Labour Party's
policies are the closest to the needs of Europeans and
they are trying involve EU citizens in UK politics. If
I was a European living in England I would make sure I
vote Labour at council and European elections. Please
see
www.lme-lse.org.uk/blog/?p=35 for further
details of Labour's plans for political integration of
european citizens living in the UK. The Liberal
Democrats are also pro European but the Conservatives
(Tories) and UKIP are anti-EU so I advise Europeans to
vote Labour to defeat them. It may be worth forming
lobby groups to pressurise our politicians into
listening to your neeeds. Remember you will be able to
vote in the London Mayoral elections this year and Ken
Livingstone is targeting the EU citizen voter.
It would also be a good idea for you to identify who
your local councillor, MP and MEP are and if you need
specific advice contact them.
Please translate this into the different european
different languages and circulate this to the
different european communities living in England.
There are many cheap good houses to buy in Sunderland
and I will be selling one in the near future.
Frank