The link provided by genorp and i paste below is very insightful.
I strongly inplore all migrants to read it ALL.
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/data/resources/1 ... enders.pdf
This surely raises the importance of migrants voting sensibly, i hope you all vote "wisely" today.
Clearly, this govt has it in for migrants...why would the law for migrants differ from the law from others..cos that is what it is..the ROA act of 1974 will apply to migrants differently from the way it applies to others..did migrants in england cause the global crisis round the world..
The reason below was one of the reasons put forward by the ILPA against that amendments and really it tells me a lot. The govt is clear on its intent and to me this has just helped me make my mind up on the next decision.
"Fourthly, the Amendment is contrary to the aim of integration by those migrants permitted to stay long-term or permanently and to Government stated objectives that migrants should ‗play by the rules‘.12 The Amendment creates a separate and penalising rule for migrants. Whereas others are permitted to have their convictions generally treated as spent, migrants will have to live with the uncertainty that even the most minor of conviction may have devastating consequences for them years down the line – excluding them from citizenship and/or from the UK. This is discriminatory, and will have an effect contrary to that of promoting integration or any shared sense of justice or fairness".