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So, we now know who gets to vote in the EU referendum. To summarise:

• 16 and 17 year olds do not get to take part;
• also, under 16s do not get to take part;
• EU citizens residing in the UK do not get to take part;
• unless they are from Malta, or Cyprus, or Ireland – then they do;
• British ex-pats who moved away within the last 15 years do get to take part;
• Commonwealth citizens in the UK also get to take part;
• residents of Gibraltar may take part (unless they are monkeys);
• residents of the Falkland Islands may not take part (even if they are penguins);
• despite repeated warnings from the European Court of Human Rights, prisoners will not get to take part; and
• SNP MSPs do not get to take part (if they also happen to be from France).

Hope that’s all clear?

This is, of course, in preparation for the promised in/out referendum on the UK’s continued membership of the Commonwealth, for which EU citizens will have the vote, but no Commonwealth citizens will.