Chris28 wrote:Who's to say that if we Brexit you'll be allowed to move to Europe?
Free movement is a valuable thing that people (including our "expats" (don't dare call them immigrants) on the Costa del Sol) seem to avoid discussing even when they benefit themselves. The fact that I could go and work in any other member state, because it isn't all one way traffic, seems to escape people too.
It isn't as simple as just that but I would love the rest of the EU to require visas for Brits going on holiday and to kick out all those Daily Mail reading, ranting, hypocritical pensioners.
I'd be happy to see some serious reform of the EU overall that benefits each member state, but to go in unilaterally demanding changes is folly of the highest order. The fact that the ECJ, the ECHR and EU all seem to be conflated in the anti Europe rhetoric says a lot about those Brexiters too.
Will Cameron resign if he doesn't get his deal? We can but hope.
Our Expat pensioners in Spain cannot be compared with economic immigrants. That you cannot see they are polar opposites explains your narrow and unenlightened viewpoint. Pensioners that have moved to Spain are financially independent and give the local and national economy a big boost as they buy properties, furniture, food and they pay local taxes. They are appreciated by their local communities as they spend their pension income each month which helps the local business overcome the negative effects of being in the Euro. So far from wanting to kick them out they will fight hard to retain them.
Whereas the low paid EU workers that are keeping down wages in the UK have these same low paid incomes topped up with UK taxpayer money. Can you now spot the difference?
You could always have gone and worked in Europe long before the EU. This is not some advantage that has only arisen since the EU was formed.
You negative idea of Brits requiring visas would bring about a huge drop in the economies of those countries as we would spend our holiday money elsewhere.
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