Re: The Polish and Others are leaving.
Originally Posted by
AnnieS
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Isn't brexit a clear message to say "please leave we don't want you"?
No it isn't. All this talk stirring up racism is largely from sulky ex-pats and Remainers who persist in twisting Brexit into something divisive.
Originally Posted by
AnnieS
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Yep I can't see how it's going to improve our economy. It all seems like the brexit future is a pile of doggy do from what I have seen so far. Not sure how anyone can continue to be optimistic about "taking back control". Seems like the biggest "Emperor's new clothes" since weapons of mass destruction...
It's going to be difficult, true .. and at the moment everything seems to feel like it's suspended in freefall. Not unexpected really as no one else has ever left the club as we have voted to do.
There's an argument that we should have remained .. would it be easier in the future to extricate ourselves from a struggling union that will likely collapse within the next 10 to 20 years? Whereas now we have a club of 27 countries based on shaky foundations who are vindictively behaving like extortionists , trying to plug their own future financial blackholes because a major contributor is leaving.
Perhaps a replacement like Turkey will fill the coffers?
Countries like Greece or Poland certainly can't.
What this thread has done for me is distinguish between two groups of EU citizens currently living in the UK.
Both want a better life than where they've come from.
The first group who genuinely want to live here, stay here, and become British citizens.
Another group who sound as though they're just work migrants , opportunists flitting back and forth, nomads chasing the most lucrative salaries and lifestyle who will want to go home or elsewhere if life becomes a little more austere here, .... fine, let them go but it's a bit rich if they're portraying themselves as victims or claiming the British are racist.