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How can anyone not feel for these people trapped in a nightmare not of their own making?https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/07/like-death-sentence-retired-britons-eu-face-loss-healthcare

Jonathan Callaway ● 2591d4 Comments

So true Jonathan. When Brits decided to move to the European mainland usually to retire or because of  job prospects, it was often also because life  was cheaper there and the weather and lifestyle better. They had no say in the referendum that would affect them and  many can now not afford to come back to the UK. I didn't move to France as an expat to live with my partner otherwise I would also be in this situation, so I have huge sympathy for those who did.

Lucille Grant ● 2591d

Meanwhile this appalling report seems to reflect current government policy: https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/10/how-number-10-view-the-state-of-the-negotiations/What has this country come to?

Jonathan Callaway ● 2591d

It's a sad situation. Brexit will be damaging to people in the UK and across the EU.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/08/ive-been-here-50-years-the-eu-citizens-struggling-for-the-right-to-stay-in-britainListening to the news this morning looks like Brexit talks are breaking down. Still people like Johnson and Farage don't care about most people, only the rich puppet masters contributing to their campaign funds.Mind you, I had heard that some British expats who were still elegible to vote supported leaving in the referendum, perhaps only right they should start paying for their own health care or it's just tough if they can't afford it - another sort of version of the Darwin Awards?

Michael Ixer ● 2591d

Agree with you both - such a huge price in human and economic terms. I still can’t get my head around the fact that this wave of destruction  is deliberate government policy.

Ruth Pates ● 2591d