ml1dch Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 *shrugs * Maybe. Maybe not. There are definitely people living there though, permanently or intermittently, unaware of what is going to happen and therefore doing nothing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) My parents live in France, surprisingly, for racists they voted Remain. I may have to ask them if they know. Edited June 30, 2020 by Seat68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 The couple can still move to France and retire if they get a visa, it will be similar to what Australians need to do for instance. It’s obviously going to be more effort than taking advantage of the ‘freedom of movement’ legislation but if they have a house there it would be worth looking at rather than just selling the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 30, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2020 8 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Have to be honest, my immediate reaction to that thread is 'didn't happen'. Yeah. It’s total bollocks. But I bet the first tweet is true. In so much as Brexiteers will never blame themselves. When things go tits up it will be someone else’s fault 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Seat68 said: My parents live in France, surprisingly, for racists they voted Remain. I may have to ask them if they know. Similarly my parents also live in France and whilst I wouldn’t go as far as being full blown racist, they are a little bit. They voted remain too, I expect only to ensure they can stay as they are and have frictionless movement back and forth to the UK (plus healthcare access). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 30, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2020 6 minutes ago, Genie said: Similarly my parents also live in France and whilst I wouldn’t go as far as being full blown racist, they are a little bit. They voted remain too, I expect only to ensure they can stay as they are and have frictionless movement back and forth to the UK (plus healthcare access). It always blows my mind how selfish people are when they vote. I'm not having a dig at your parents by the way I just mean that people vote for their own interests so much, with or without the right outcome. I worked with someone at the time who voted to leave purely because they were an amateur pilot and the UK's rules for pilots were better suited to her than the EU's rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: It always blows my mind how selfish people are when they vote. I'm not having a dig at your parents by the way I just mean that people vote for their own interests so much, with or without the right outcome. I worked with someone at the time who voted to leave purely because they were an amateur pilot and the UK's rules for pilots were better suited to her than the EU's rules People will naturally vote for what they think suits them better personally. I know a few tradesmen who think that the influx of Eastern European tradesmen has driven down their pay packets so voted leave purely for that reason. They believe that out of the EU they will have less competition and will be able to charge more (they are oblivious to the increase in cost of living that causes for all of us). If I was a Brit, retired and happily living in France the last thing I want it to potentially have to sell up and come back to the UK so would vote to protect myself (even if it made me look a bit of a hypocrite). Edited June 30, 2020 by Genie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Don't worry, if you leave everything to the last minute then everything only takes one minute to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 It’s really not a problem, we either get a deal that’s vague enough for us to claim victory, or we get what is clearly a bad deal and blame them for being sore losers. Whatever happens will be vindication for having left such a vast trading block without a plan. They got all the press to spend a day yesterday telling the public Johnson is Roosevelt and we’ll spend our way out of this, £5 billion of already announced money, all specifically for england, not Scotland, N.I., or Wales. All under the UK headline. i suspect Newsnight might do a segment suggesting it’s a poor deal, and then apologise the next day for anti government sentiment creeping in to their reporting. But other than that, it’ll be plain sailing for Gove and Cummings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 God bless Truss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 4 hours ago, snowychap said: It's a bit like this thread c. 2017. I fully expect that "it'll just sort itself out" like we were assured back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) The lorry-park of England has more of a ring to it than the garden of England anyway. Edited July 11, 2020 by ml1dch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 11, 2020 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, ml1dch said: The lorry-park of England has more of a ring to it than the garden of England anyway. Didn't think of that when they voted to Leave did they! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 **** ‘em, one lorry in every brexit clearings in the woods garden. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 The thing I'm most looking forward to is getting rid of all that red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) Spoiler Sweary title, so hidden. Edited July 13, 2020 by Xann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Genuine question, feel free to be as abusive as you normally are to anybody who doesn't share your view:,is there any "remainer" on here who is actually going to take advantage of the free movement, and move to live in the EU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, ROTTERDAM1982 said: Genuine question, feel free to be as abusive as you normally are to anybody who doesn't share your view:,is there any "remainer" on here who is actually going to take advantage of the free movement, and move to live in the EU? Do you mean apart from the people who already have? Edited July 13, 2020 by ml1dch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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