Disenfranchised British Citizens and the Foreign Office

I enclose a correspondence I have just had with some of my political friends. It was generated from a very interesting dinner we had last night in Paris. The main subject of our many conversations was the absolutely scandalous disenfranchisement of British citizens living in the EU – but not in Little England. As you can see, the Foreign Office slogan is ‘If we can’t find you we can’t help you.’ When registering, answer this: ‘GIVE US BACK OUR NATIVE BRITISH CITIZENS’ RIGHT TO VOTE, YOU ROBBERS!!’ Britain has the worst voting rights record in Europe.

Hello Gregor,
My wife Sioned said that she'd promised at last night's dinner to forward you the message below from the British Consulate concerning registration of British citizens abroad.
Muriel Langle who passed on this message on behalf of the Consulate is secretary of the British Community Committee (BCC)which operates under the logo "britishinfrance" (www.britishinfrance.com),as an umbrella organisation representing many Loi 1901 British Associations in France.This is an example of how effective it can be in informing the British community at large.If you have a look at their web site you could find it of value for your Society of English Language Authors to join (annual fee Euro 20 if you fit the qualification criteria)for more visibility within the British community.You can contact Muriel for further details.
BCiP is already a member association, by the way.
Best regards,
Rod Harper

--- On Tue, 6/24/08, Muriel Langle <mlangle@club-internet.fr> wrote:

From: Muriel Langle <mlangle@club-internet.fr>
Subject: Registration of British Citizens abroad
To: "LANGLE M." <mlangle@club-internet.fr>
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 3:23 PM

The Consulate has asked for the following information to be
circulated:

The Foreign Office's on-line registration for British citizens resident or on holiday overseas is now up and running. This is designed to help British citizens in any kind of emergency or catastrophe such as, for example, the various natural disasters that have occurred in some parts of the world recently. The FCO slogan is "If we can't find you, we can't help you".

Visit www.fco.gov.uk/travel. Click on LOCATE. An information page including an on-line registration form is displayed.

This service is available for expatriate British citizens resident abroad, as well as British travellers temporarily abroad e.g. on holiday or for work.

Once registered, it is easy to keep your details up to date (change of address, etc.)

Will you please pass this information on to any other British nationals you are in contact with.

Best wishes,
Muriel