If you’re a Ugandan living in Gibraltar, you can vote in Thursday’s referendum that will decide the fate of Britain’s European Union membership. The same goes for U.K. residents hailing from Tuvalu, a cluster of tiny Pacific islands some 9,000 miles from the British Isles. Irish citizens living in Scotland—they can vote, too.
John Rhys-Davies, an actor famed for his portrayal of warrior dwarf Gimli in “The Lord of the Rings” movies, was born in England and raised by Welsh parents.
For nearly three decades, he has lived on the Isle of Man, a small rainy island in the Irish Sea, equidistant from the English and Irish coasts, which is known mostly for a type of cat with a stumpy tail and a motorcycle race. Because technically the Isle of Man isn’t part of the U.K., and because Mr. Rhys-Davies has thus been an expatriate for too long, he can’t take part.
“It’s simply not fair, and I don’t like unfairness,” the 72-year-old bearded actor said, furrowing his bushy eyebrows over tea one recent afternoon. “It’s an insult to the people.” Peeved, he has filed a petition to Parliament and his supporters have written to Queen Elizabeth II.
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