20 years in FR and I can't vote in anything other than municipal or European elections. It upsets me. My daughter went to the sous-prefecture this morning to receive her French citizenship. In spite of the presence of a professional football player and a famous (sic) tarot player also receiving their naturalisation, the press were all over my daughter. "Why does an English person want to be French?". Simple answer "no taxation without representation".
If I really felt that I had to be exclusively British then I'd make sure I lived somewhere where I could pay exclusively British taxes! Damian (finally motivated to get my shit together to get naturalised myself) On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Jeremy Adams <[email protected]>wrote: > > Even though my life is here in the States now I've held off being a > citizen. even though, due to the fact that I spent the first 8 years of my > life in Malaysia, I have actually now lived in the US longer than I lived in > the UK but I still feel English. It also means my kids can hold british > passports and it keeps me out of jury duty but does mean I can't vote. > I've not got anything against anyone becoming a citizen, just not for me, > so can't help you there I'm afraid. > Jeremy > > > > I've been in the USA for 10 years now, and have an American wife but > would > > NEVER, EVER, EVER consider becoming a US citizen (or for that matter, a > > citizen of any other country) - can anyone explain to me how the thought > > process for that decision actually works? I'm never gonna pledge > allegiance > > to a damn American flag; what the hell would The Queen say? > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your > inbox. > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
