Keir Starmer says it is 'common sense' to let EU citizens choose MPs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : 'Sir Keir spent years trying to block Brexit and overturn the largest democratic vote in this country's history.
50% : Labour could also give the vote to about 3.4million EU nationals who have lived permanently in the UK and paid tax here for a number of years.
49% : Labour would also give the vote to about 3.4million EU nationals who have lived permanently in the UK and paid tax here for a number of years, according to the Sunday Telegraph.
36% : Tory MP Henry Smith, who sits on the foreign affairs committee, told the Mail: 'Clearly this is an attempt by Labour if they get into power to rig future elections by extending the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds, as all the evidence shows that until they start paying taxes that age group tends to vote Labour.

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