At present, the only prisoners allowed to vote in Britain are those on remand.

BBC: UK Politics

Other embroidery features on the 2015 embroidery panel will depict visits by both Queen Elizabeth I and II, the founding of the veterinary profession in Britain, and French prisoners of war held on parole at Odiham and North Warnborough during the Napoleonic Wars.

BBC: Part of the Odiham embroidery design

Like other huddled masses, Britain's foreign prisoners yearn to be free even if, in their case, freedom is usually followed by immediate deportation.

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He also said that Britain and Ireland should not be prisoners of the past and talked about the conflict in Northern Ireland and the pain and resentment it has caused.

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