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[sebastienne]

oxfordgirl: "A dear friend of mine is currently being refused medical treatment on the NHS for a debilitating condition which seriously threatens her health, in one of the most vicious, idiotic and arbitrary Catch-22 policies I have ever had the horror to encounter in my frequent skirmishes with British bureacracy

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[sebastienne]

sure! LJ is a gestalt petition-pimping entity this afternoon.

[sebastienne]

OMG that's a bit incredible, actually. 200 for a response.. how many for them to look at it seriously, do you reckon?

[necaris]

Sorry, I would vote, were I not a dirty foreigner.

[deathbyshinies]

AFAIK, it's OK if you're here on a long-termish student visa or work permit (IIRC, those come under the heading of 'resident', and I've been able to vote in council elections in the past with no trouble) - hope they don't throw my vote out!

[sebastienne]

I'd imagine, to be honest, that they're fine with anyone who can leave a UK address.. can't imagine they're checking visa status on everyone that's signing!

[brewsternorth]

I notice they even have a category for "expatriate".

[sebastienne]

I'll pass your offer on to Sally - thank you very much!

[sir_rosealot]

Signed!

[crouchinglynx]

The link to the report looks truncated - did you mean

full report here.

?

[sebastienne]

Yes, yes I did - thank you. The perils of cutting-and-pasting are many and varied!