1000 quid to vote in a general election is a lot. Most people wouldn't pay it. And there are many countries that don't allow dual citizenship. If you have all the rights of permanent reside… (View Post)

If Belgium joined the Commonwealth they would get the vote. (View Post)

Giving the vote in national elections to non-citizen residents is fairly unusual. I think New Zealand does this, I guess there must be a few others. The UK is already unusual in giving voting rights … (View Post)

Russia doesn't make it to "Flawed Democracy" on the Democracy Index. It's not even a "Hybrid Regime" (like Turkey). It's a fully-fledged "Authoritarian Regime&… (View Post)

Not an expert, and haven't looked very closely, but certainly might be close enough to need a second round, despite it being a 2 horse race. I think Erdoğan will lose, though. (View Post)