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31Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sat Sep 22 2018, 15:57

gloswhite

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Guðni Bergsson
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DK, so you not only decided to move to Germany, but have also planned to retire to Spain, and you still believe you should have a say in the future of the UK ? 

Not only that, but you criticize the older generation for all sorts of things. Since when has ageism been acceptable? My understanding is that it isn't, any more, (not forgetting that the older generation have already paid for what is currently available to them/us, and to which you are already laying claim to, i.e. pension).
If you had to move to Germany, all it shows is your career choices in the past, were not always as good as you thought.
You'll have a good life in Germany, much better than many many people in Britain, and its your choice, so stop whingeing, and get on with it.

32Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sat Sep 22 2018, 16:08

Sluffy

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Dunkels King wrote:One last thing reference who should have been allowed a vote. In total 6 million people directly affected couldn't vote. That's 3 million ex-pats and 3 million EU Citizens already working in the UK, and we/they are directly affected, unlike many millions who this will have absolutely no effect on whatsoever, who got to vote on the futures of people like me.

To be fair the vast majority who voted (for Brexit or Remain) will still be living here for years to come and have to face the good or the bad of whatever is to come - so it is completely wrong to say it won't impact on their futures.

Of course it will - and if you choose to continue to live outside the country then it will obviously effect them (us) more than it ever will you, or other ex-pats - particularly if you continue the joys of being in the EU and us in the UK don't.

33Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sat Sep 22 2018, 16:20

Dunkels King

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Nicolas Anelka
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Sluffy wrote:
Dunkels King wrote:One last thing reference who should have been allowed a vote. In total 6 million people directly affected couldn't vote. That's 3 million ex-pats and 3 million EU Citizens already working in the UK, and we/they are directly affected, unlike many millions who this will have absolutely no effect on whatsoever, who got to vote on the futures of people like me.

To be fair the vast majority who voted (for Brexit or Remain) will still be living here for years to come and have to face the good or the bad of whatever is to come - so it is completely wrong to say it won't impact on their futures.

Of course it will - and if you choose to continue to live outside the country then it will obviously effect them (us) more than it ever will you, or other ex-pats - particularly if you continue the joys of being in the EU and us in the UK don't.

What joys of being in the EU ? Being able to stay in Germany forever or go back to the UK, because going to the other Countries to live or work will be out of the window. The impact I talk about is the freedom of movement around Europe that was guaranteed as part of being in the UK. Many ex-pats I work with and know socially based coming over here on that right to move around and go where the work is. I think you don't understand that British Citizens currently living in the EU (not the UK) have not been given a single assurance about what will happen regarding being allowed to stay in the Country they are in if they get made redundant, or if they can still continue to move around Europe. Nothing. Now that is what is shameful, because we are here knowing nothing. Imagine being in a situation were you have no idea if you will be entitled to support in the Country you have lived in for years and years if you lose your job because the goal posts got moved without you being permitted to have a say.

34Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sat Sep 22 2018, 16:29

Sluffy

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Dunkels King wrote:
Sluffy wrote:
Dunkels King wrote:One last thing reference who should have been allowed a vote. In total 6 million people directly affected couldn't vote. That's 3 million ex-pats and 3 million EU Citizens already working in the UK, and we/they are directly affected, unlike many millions who this will have absolutely no effect on whatsoever, who got to vote on the futures of people like me.

To be fair the vast majority who voted (for Brexit or Remain) will still be living here for years to come and have to face the good or the bad of whatever is to come - so it is completely wrong to say it won't impact on their futures.

Of course it will - and if you choose to continue to live outside the country then it will obviously effect them (us) more than it ever will you, or other ex-pats - particularly if you continue the joys of being in the EU and us in the UK don't.

What joys of being in the EU ? Being able to stay in Germany forever or go back to the UK, because going to the other Countries to live or work will be out of the window. The impact I talk about is the freedom of movement around Europe that was guaranteed as part of being in the UK. Many ex-pats I work with and know socially based coming over here on that right to move around and go where the work is. I think you don't understand that British Citizens currently living in the EU (not the UK) have not been given a single assurance about what will happen regarding being allowed to stay in the Country they are in if they get made redundant, or if they can still continue to move around Europe. Nothing. Now that is what is shameful, because we are here knowing nothing. Imagine being in a situation were you have no idea if you will be entitled to support in the Country you have lived in for years and years if you lose your job because the goal posts got moved without you being permitted to have a say.

Two things.

People lived and worked abroad long before we ever joined the EU and they managed to go about it ok - what about non EU citizens that live and work in the EU now - they manage ok also.

Isn't the EU guaranteeing the same rights you enjoy now after Brexit as the UK is guaranteeing EU citizens who live and work here now, after Brexit? I thought they were, maybe I'm wrong?

35Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sat Sep 22 2018, 16:31

Dunkels King

Dunkels King
Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

gloswhite wrote:DK, so you not only decided to move to Germany, but have also planned to retire to Spain, and you still believe you should have a say in the future of the UK ? 

Not only that, but you criticize the older generation for all sorts of things. Since when has ageism been acceptable? My understanding is that it isn't, any more, (not forgetting that the older generation have already paid for what is currently available to them/us, and to which you are already laying claim to, i.e. pension).
If you had to move to Germany, all it shows is your career choices in the past, were not always as good as you thought.
You'll have a good life in Germany, much better than many many people in Britain, and its your choice, so stop whingeing, and get on with it.

First thing, I am old so it's not ageist. But what I said is true, as was pointed out by someone else a while ago in much stronger terms. A lot of people who voted leave will not be affected. They are comfortable in the UK, never had any will to go to Europe (at least to live or work) and will before the next generation is out of shorts be off this mortal coil. It's not just the future of the UK. It's the future of it's Citizens, of which I am one, so I have every right to "whinge". Get on with what ? No one has any idea how we are going to get on. Nothing has been said what happens to us. If the Brexit decision had been based on truths then I couldn't complain, but in fact the result was based on more bullshit than a bullshit factory could produce in a hundred years.

Reference career paths. You could be right, but then again, the UK destroyed the industry I am in a long time ago and you know, it's not easy to take a financial hit to get retrained when you are getting on a bit, and I can't even begin to think of anything that was even being advertised around that time. I was in the Forces, then worked at Heathrow, then Manchester, couldn't get back in to Heathrow when Manchester scaled down, nor any other places. I had to put Bread on the table. Not the time to go on a new career path.

36Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sat Sep 22 2018, 16:36

Dunkels King

Dunkels King
Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

Sluffy wrote:
Dunkels King wrote:
Sluffy wrote:
Dunkels King wrote:One last thing reference who should have been allowed a vote. In total 6 million people directly affected couldn't vote. That's 3 million ex-pats and 3 million EU Citizens already working in the UK, and we/they are directly affected, unlike many millions who this will have absolutely no effect on whatsoever, who got to vote on the futures of people like me.

To be fair the vast majority who voted (for Brexit or Remain) will still be living here for years to come and have to face the good or the bad of whatever is to come - so it is completely wrong to say it won't impact on their futures.

Of course it will - and if you choose to continue to live outside the country then it will obviously effect them (us) more than it ever will you, or other ex-pats - particularly if you continue the joys of being in the EU and us in the UK don't.

What joys of being in the EU ? Being able to stay in Germany forever or go back to the UK, because going to the other Countries to live or work will be out of the window. The impact I talk about is the freedom of movement around Europe that was guaranteed as part of being in the UK. Many ex-pats I work with and know socially based coming over here on that right to move around and go where the work is. I think you don't understand that British Citizens currently living in the EU (not the UK) have not been given a single assurance about what will happen regarding being allowed to stay in the Country they are in if they get made redundant, or if they can still continue to move around Europe. Nothing. Now that is what is shameful, because we are here knowing nothing. Imagine being in a situation were you have no idea if you will be entitled to support in the Country you have lived in for years and years if you lose your job because the goal posts got moved without you being permitted to have a say.

Two things.

People lived and worked abroad long before we ever joined the EU and they managed to go about it ok - what about non EU citizens that live and work in the EU now - they manage ok also.

Isn't the EU guaranteeing the same rights you enjoy now after Brexit as the UK is guaranteeing EU citizens who live and work here now, after Brexit?  I thought they were, maybe I'm wrong?


In one word. No. Not a single thing has been guaranteed. Please point me to the documentation that says everything will be rosy and don't worry if you lose your job we will look after you and not boot you back to Blighty, but infact it doesn't exist. The first priority should always have been maintaining the rights of the affected people. The only right I know is that the UK said it would not be kicking people out and that they can register as residents or something. Amazing that because we are registered in Germany but we have had no information at all. In fact, one of the guys I work with called the Tax office in Leipzig last week because he was on a single mans tax (despite being married) and they actually told him "you are leaving the EU next year so you can stay on single person tax", and they weren't joking with him either.

Forgot to add. As a non EU Citizen you CAN still work in Europe. You need what is now known as a Blue Card. the problem is, under EU regulations (requested by the UK of course) you can not employ a person from a non EU Country (soon to be Britain) if another person from an EU Country is suitably qualified. In other words you will only get the job if no one from the other 27 EU Countries applied for it.

37Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sat Sep 22 2018, 16:42

gloswhite

gloswhite
Guðni Bergsson
Guðni Bergsson

DK. Fair comments, about your career. Being ex Army, and having a specialist trade, I think I know where you're coming from. My own options were even more limited.
Just because were old farts, doesn't mean we can say what we like about age, colour, etc  Very Happy
Truths about Brexit were hard to come by from either side, also you ask about ex-pats, but seem to forget that everyone will suffer in some form or other, and from times when I lived abroad, the further from the UK I and my family were, the more we were sheltered from the more severe effects.
I do see your concerns, genuinely, but bear in mind that we will be subject to many other influences that you will not, e.g. price increases, etc.

38Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sat Sep 22 2018, 19:58

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

I think DK's had an internet breakdown. I hope he's ok.

By the way, did anyone see Nigel Farage in Bolton today? Apparently it was a sellout, not something you normally associate with Bolton.

I bet xmiles got his autograph.

39Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sun Sep 23 2018, 08:03

Dunkels King

Dunkels King
Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

gloswhite wrote:DK. Fair comments, about your career. Being ex Army, and having a specialist trade, I think I know where you're coming from. My own options were even more limited.
Just because were old farts, doesn't mean we can say what we like about age, colour, etc  Very Happy
Truths about Brexit were hard to come by from either side, also you ask about ex-pats, but seem to forget that everyone will suffer in some form or other, and from times when I lived abroad, the further from the UK I and my family were, the more we were sheltered from the more severe effects.
I do see your concerns, genuinely, but bear in mind that we will be subject to many other influences that you will not, e.g. price increases, etc.

Don't get me started on money Smile I am paid an hourly rate in GBP. as you can imagine with the pound sliding against most Currencies I am about 300 Euro per month worse off than I was before Brexit was announced. I hope it doesn't go too much further or I will have to stop bathing in Champagne.

40Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sun Sep 23 2018, 08:06

Dunkels King

Dunkels King
Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka

Natasha Whittam wrote:I think DK's had an internet breakdown. I hope he's ok.

By the way, did anyone see Nigel Farage in Bolton today? Apparently it was a sellout, not something you normally associate with Bolton.

I bet xmiles got his autograph.

I'm fine Nat. Hope you are keeping warm in your Preston Penthouse. Don't worry about me. Enjoy your Sunday. Some of us have to work. Still, I am on day 11 of 14 so after today only 3 more days before I can get back to my family in Bavaria Smile

41Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sun Sep 23 2018, 14:59

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Natasha Whittam wrote:It's clear xmiles & wanderlust want our PM to roll over and do things to suit the EU.

Good on her for standing her ground. We're British, we don't let other countries dictate to us.

Xmiles & wanderlust should fuck off to France, it's clear they are kindred spirits.
May standing her ground? I thought she is selling out the Brexit dream or at least that is the message being delivered by half her party and the likes of your other hero Farage - not that anyone's listening to him if his empty bus tour and less than 1% electoral turn out in Bolton to support him in his hour of need is anything to go by.

So which Tory are you? The type that supports May or the type that says she is a sellout?

BTW you'll be delighted to know that I'd love to fuck off abroad, but despite having paid taxes into the British economy for 40 odd years, the Brexit devaluation of the pound means my state pension won't buy me a cup of coffee in Europe any more.

42Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sun Sep 23 2018, 15:34

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

wanderlust wrote:
May standing her ground? I thought she is selling out the Brexit dream or at least that is the message being delivered by half her party and the likes of your other hero Farage - not that anyone's listening to him if his empty bus tour and less than 1% electoral turn out in Bolton to support him in his hour of need is anything to go by.

So which Tory are you? The type that supports May or the type that says she is a sellout?

BTW you'll be delighted to know that I'd love to fuck off abroad, but despite having paid taxes into the British economy for 40 odd years, the Brexit devaluation of the pound means my state pension won't buy me a cup of coffee in Europe any more.

I actually voted Labour at the last election which is well documented on here. I don't consider myself a Tory, on election day I vote for the party I feel is best at that moment in time. I'm not one of those fools who would vote Tory regardless of their policies, just because it's what their Dad did.

May is proving stronger than people gave her credit for. You yourself said she wouldn't be in charge come March 2019 - it's looking like she will.

43Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Sun Sep 23 2018, 17:36

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It’s not a sign of strength that the Tories haven’t tried to oust her yet, it just means they’re still more scared of a Corbyn government.

44Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Mon Sep 24 2018, 12:00

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Natasha Whittam wrote:
wanderlust wrote:
May standing her ground? I thought she is selling out the Brexit dream or at least that is the message being delivered by half her party and the likes of your other hero Farage - not that anyone's listening to him if his empty bus tour and less than 1% electoral turn out in Bolton to support him in his hour of need is anything to go by.

So which Tory are you? The type that supports May or the type that says she is a sellout?

BTW you'll be delighted to know that I'd love to fuck off abroad, but despite having paid taxes into the British economy for 40 odd years, the Brexit devaluation of the pound means my state pension won't buy me a cup of coffee in Europe any more.

I actually voted Labour at the last election which is well documented on here. I don't consider myself a Tory, on election day I vote for the party I feel is best at that moment in time. I'm not one of those fools who would vote Tory regardless of their policies, just because it's what their Dad did.

May is proving stronger than people gave her credit for. You yourself said she wouldn't be in charge come March 2019 - it's looking like she will.
Didn't you see the leaked document reported in the Mail and the Telegraph last week? Here's one version of the story.
It was ages ago when I first said I thought they'd get rid of her at the end of the negotiations, and whilst there remains a possibility of her staying on, at least there is now some evidence that her own party is out to get her although of course there's still some possibility that she might survive.

FYI I'm starting to err on the side of thinking that some sort of last-minute deal will be done with the EU rather than the dreaded no deal scenario. If my theory that the whole Brexit con is actually about UK power grabbing rather than EU membership turns out to be true (and it still looks like it is IMO) the international corporates than run the Tory party will need her to push through something at this stage - even if it totally unacceptable to the rank and file leave voters - in order to have a platform for their own agenda in the brouhaha that will inevitably follow.

I'm also expecting some sort of popularity-boosting announcement to be made by May's team at the upcoming Tory conference to try to steady the ship although I've no idea what that might be - other than desperate Smile 

If the UK public accept the deal May comes up with - and I'd be surprised if they do - there is perhaps a chance that she'll survive.

45Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Tue Sep 25 2018, 10:19

gloswhite

gloswhite
Guðni Bergsson
Guðni Bergsson

I have to say that May has lasted remarkably well, even though she doesn't seem to have a credible plan in place.
Having said that, when you take a step back, and look at our esteemed MP's, you have to wonder what the hell are they playing at. May is rattling down the track, and heading for the buffers, whilst Corbyn, even at this late stage still cannot decide what he wants to do.
Personally, I think our politicians have let us down badly, but I shouldn't be surprised really, as they haven't had to make any big decisions for some years, (about 40 I think  Very Happy)
When this is over were going to have either a government that cannot put the country first, to one that is trying to put its leader first. 
Its going to be chaotic when all this Brexit stupidity is over, and do the current bunch really think we will just carry on as before, now that we've seen their true capabilities ?

46Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Tue Sep 25 2018, 10:23

gloswhite

gloswhite
Guðni Bergsson
Guðni Bergsson

Dunkels King wrote:
gloswhite wrote:DK. Fair comments, about your career. Being ex Army, and having a specialist trade, I think I know where you're coming from. My own options were even more limited.
Just because were old farts, doesn't mean we can say what we like about age, colour, etc  Very Happy
Truths about Brexit were hard to come by from either side, also you ask about ex-pats, but seem to forget that everyone will suffer in some form or other, and from times when I lived abroad, the further from the UK I and my family were, the more we were sheltered from the more severe effects.
I do see your concerns, genuinely, but bear in mind that we will be subject to many other influences that you will not, e.g. price increases, etc.

Don't get me started on money Smile I am paid an hourly rate in GBP. as you can imagine with the pound sliding against most Currencies I am about 300 Euro per month worse off than I was before Brexit was announced. I hope it doesn't go too much further or I will have to stop bathing in Champagne.
I can't think of anything worse  Very Happy
I had the same problem a few years ago when GBP were translated to Cyprus Pounds, but certainly not as big a drop as yours. Having said that, they had to introduce a new allowance, just to make up the difference.
Whatever the outcome, I hope it all goes smoothly for you.

47Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Tue Sep 25 2018, 12:29

xmiles

xmiles
Jay Jay Okocha
Jay Jay Okocha

gloswhite wrote:I have to say that May has lasted remarkably well, even though she doesn't seem to have a credible plan in place.
Having said that, when you take a step back, and look at our esteemed MP's, you have to wonder what the hell are they playing at. May is rattling down the track, and heading for the buffers, whilst Corbyn, even at this late stage still cannot decide what he wants to do.
Personally, I think our politicians have let us down badly, but I shouldn't be surprised really, as they haven't had to make any big decisions for some years, (about 40 I think  Very Happy)
When this is over were going to have either a government that cannot put the country first, to one that is trying to put its leader first. 
Its going to be chaotic when all this Brexit stupidity is over, and do the current bunch really think we will just carry on as before, now that we've seen their true capabilities ?

A very depressing prospect for which we have to thank Cameron, although if most of the press hadn't been so fanatically hostile to the EU over the years and made up so many lies about the EU maybe Cameron wouldn't have felt the need to call a referendum.

48Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Tue Sep 25 2018, 14:20

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

gloswhite wrote:
When this is over were going to have either a government that cannot put the country first, or one that is trying to put its leader first. 
Its going to be chaotic when all this Brexit stupidity is over, and do the current bunch really think we will just carry on as before, now that we've seen their true capabilities ?
I've always thought that the whole thing is a power struggle, but to some extent the "leaders" are no more than puppets of the corporate funders. Corporates - notably British corporates like the East India Company in the early days and the global superpowers more recently - have always bought and sold "leaders" around the world and it saddens me that it's now happening to us.
They don't get to be trillionaires by being thick, and convincing the British people that they have some sort of control when in fact they have none is a brilliant albeit well-used strategy pioneered by the British in colonial times. The role of the leave campaign was merely to endorse their money-making plans in a global economy IMO and we have effectively ceded control instead of "taking it back", made worse by the fact that we are about to lose the protection of the EU trading bloc.
Frankly it doesn't matter who the token figurehead is any more as they'll do as they're told and will get well looked after for it.
Britain got rich, fat and lazy and was ripe for the picking and any thoughts that our democracy would be our strength has now gone out of the window - most of us still have a vote, but what use is that when they have been given consensus to decide what we can actually vote on?

49Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Wed Sep 26 2018, 14:35

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

50Brexit negotiations - Page 3 Empty Re: Brexit negotiations Wed Sep 26 2018, 16:58

gloswhite

gloswhite
Guðni Bergsson
Guðni Bergsson

Quite a bit of truth in there Wander. The big conglomerates have held sway over far too much, ranging from money, to influencing public opinion or behaviour. This is shown best by Facebook, which is happily ignoring all peoples, governments, (and income tax), in its scramble to make money.

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