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The change follows a long campaign by World War Two veteran Harry Shindler, who left the UK to live in Italy around 40 years ago.
Speaking to the BBC in 2011, he said: "There was a war to bring the vote to the people of Europe. We won the war, but some of the people who took part in the war, me included, are not allowed to vote themselves."
Presumably he could vote in fucking Italy?
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In 2021, he welcomed the news that the government was changing the rules calling it an "important day for freedom".
However, he did not live long enough to see the rule come into force, dying in 2023 at the age of 101.
lol