Voting against your own best interests

[SirGalahad]

Uk Ex Pats who voted for Brexit, now it;s dawning on them what it actually means.

 

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yep they are down the toilet .

but hey ho life happens & tbh if they lived abroad and voted for Brexit ?? well lets face it they are none to bright

most of em are duffers any way more years behind em then in front

 

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if they lived abroad and voted brexit they should not be allowed back into the uk , got enough thick people here as it is

if they voted remain if needs must they can come back tis not there fault

 

[nauseous]

Brits aren't very bright on the whole. It would make sense that the Spanish govt adopted them, give them a choice, stay British and fo or become Spanish.

 

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Brits aren't very bright on the whole. It would make sense that the Spanish govt adopted them, give them a choice, stay British and fo or become Spanish.

yep thats what I say . but will spain actually want them ?

 

[nauseous]

yep thats what I say . but will spain actually want them ?

I think they prob would, for economic reasons. Spain's huge, they'd easily absorb them.

 

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my mate has recently sold his place in Spain (Malaga ). lady we work for has a place in France she has now got an Irish pass port (dual nationality)

 

[JohnD]

it's strange that British people in foreign countries like to be called "Ex-Pats" while foreign people in Britain are called "Migrants."

No doubt they will be treated with the same degree of sympathy and appreciation that Europeans in Britain receive.

 

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it's strange that British people in foreign countries like to be called "Ex-Pats" while foreign people in Britain are called "Migrants."

No doubt they will be treated with the same degree of sympathy and appreciation that Europeans in Britain receive.

no doubt about it

 

[JohnD]

the same degree of sympathy and appreciation that Europeans in Britain receive.

"French national Marguerite Skerret arrived in London 68 years ago, long before the UK’s accession to the European Economic Community in 1973.


But now at age 96, she has been advised she will have to register for settled status if she wants to remain in the UK.


Ms Skerret, who worked as a translator for decades before retiring, could not apply for dual nationality when she arrived in the UK because France did not support it at the time.


She only became aware that she would have to register when she received a letter from Westminster council inviting her to a meeting to learn more about her status in the UK.


Housebound and living in sheltered accommodation, she was unable to make the meeting."

https://amp.thenational.ae/world/eu...hET-k0Cac7TjWb2x2lzoJUJX4kMQ0K5Gzsgl69AfD-pP0

 

[Deleted member 63160]

So shes had 45 years to register and hasn't bothered. All she has to do now is fill some forms in. What is the issue?

 

[nauseous]

One of there's for one of ours. Deal or No Deal?

 

[Bodd]

Any Ex Pat living abroad should not have got a vote. Including EFL....

They chose to leave for reasons only they know... C ant tell us how to live our life's

 

[Deleted member 18243]

it's strange that British people in foreign countries like to be called "Ex-Pats"

- having paid into the system.

while foreign people in Britain are called "Migrants."

- not having paid into the system.

 

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could it be that any one who has been residing abroad for years ( permanently) and has had to leave over this Brexit caper are entitled to compensation from the UK ??

blimey we could end up bank rupt ? and need an IMF loan