If you are about to jet-off on your holidays, beware. This summer, determined missionaries are being sent out across Europe. They will hound you on your sun bed, collar you at the airport, harass you in the tavernas, and lecture you at places of local interest. And this is no ordinary evangelical movement. The proselytisers preach a new creed. They do not want your soul or your money; it’s your vote they’re after.
The Standard’s Londoner’s Diary reports that members of an organisation called Conservatives Abroad received an email to stoke their fervour. It goes thus:
“As the summer recess approaches you may be preparing for a holiday abroad,” the missive reads. “In March, Party Chairman Eric Pickles set Conservatives Abroad the challenge of getting 60,000 British citizens living overseas registered to vote before the next General Election.
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