And you believe the UK government
Have a look at the second paragraph under Eligibility to vote heading.
Another 700,000 plus British Citizens were disenfranchised because they either worked or lived abroad. The only EU Citizens allowed to vote were Maltese, Southern Irish and Cypriots who were resident in the UK at the time because their countries were Commonwealth Members.
Jim
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Un ... ty_to_vote