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To: CondoleezzaProtege
The smart ones who still have fight left in them for their country tend to be older though.

I live in Spain. The Brits over here (and there are a lot of them) are overwhelmingly Remainers because they don't want to lose all of the, ahem, benefits of being in the EU, mainly being able to use other EU countries like Spain as cheap retirement havens while still being able to get their "free" medical from the NHS. They would sell out their country in a hearbeat for that and most of them are older.

8 posted on 12/10/2019 10:35:13 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Ah. Makes sense.


9 posted on 12/10/2019 10:36:09 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
Here's an example of a different sort of Brexit problem for Britons working in continental Europe.

Significant job losses in British workers in the Alpine ski industry etc, who under EU rules can be employed locally on short-term contracts while continuing to be employed and pay taxes in their home country.

British-run ski companies employing mainly British workers have a business model based on this system, and a number of them are closing. This is a significantly-sized industry: 6.3 million Brits ski in Europe annually, mostly on trips run by British companies.

Brexit hits UK ski staff overseas

16 posted on 12/11/2019 4:43:24 AM PST by Winniesboy
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