[News] Spain plans 100% tax on non-EU owned homes

[Cordwainer]

Quite so.

People should ignore lazy tropes about expats. We're not living in the British Raj with tiffin and exceptionalism. And you've got to moisturize.

Having lived in the ME for 16 years including before and after Brexit, nostalgic patriotism for the home country is often seen in seeing things as they were.

That includes remaining in the EU. Pretty much every Brit that I've come across there still can't believe that those living in Britain voted to leave.

For me and thousands of other British expats, being in the EU is an essential part of being British. We live the connection with other countries every day.

Brexit continues to be both the most astonishing act of economic self-sabotage and also the theft of part of the nation's identity as 'a piece of the continent, a part of the main'.

Britain is paying a heavy price both for its isolationist decision then and for the conspiracy of silence across the house to reverse this catastrophe now.

On threads such as this, it’s always really good to have people post their actual lived experiences like yourself and Bakero..having two teens who are keen on travel and working in Europe, the dumb f@#kery of Brexit never ceases to amaze. What’s the ME?

 

[Bakero]

On threads such as this, it’s always really good to have people post their actual lived experiences like yourself and Bakero..having two teens who are keen on travel and working in Europe, the dumb f@#kery of Brexit never ceases to amaze. What’s the ME?

ME = Middle East

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

On threads such as this, it’s always really good to have people post their actual lived experiences like yourself and Bakero..having two teens who are keen on travel and working in Europe, the dumb f@#kery of Brexit never ceases to amaze. What’s the ME?

The saddest thing about Brexit for me is the fact it’s now nigh-on impossible for British youngsters to simply up sticks and spend some time working in Europe. You could do this on a whim in the past, zero paperwork. I don’t necessarily mean work-work either, more casual stuff working in a cafe for the summer, working in the mountains etc. I spend a lot of my spare time in cafes and bars and had spoken to many young Brits who were working there simply because it made a change to a summer job in Aldi or B&Q, or they wanted to travel, have an adventure and wanted a different experience and earn some money along the way. I now can’t recall the last time I spoke to a Brit like this. It’s very sad. Starmer even turned down an offer from the EU where young Brits could get visas in the EU if it were reciprcosted in the U.K…..scandalous.

 

[Weststander]

The saddest thing about Brexit for me is the fact it’s now nigh-on impossible for British youngsters to simply up sticks and spend some time working in Europe. You could do this on a whim in the past, zero paperwork. I don’t necessarily mean work-work either, more casual stuff working in a cafe for the summer, working in the mountains etc. I spend a lot of my spare time in cafes and bars and had spoken to many young Brits who were working there simply because it made a change to a summer job in Aldi or B&Q, or they wanted to travel, have an adventure and wanted a different experience and earn some money along the way. I now can’t recall the last time I spoke to a Brit like this. It’s very sad. Starmer even turned down an offer from the EU where young Brits could get visas in the EU if it were reciprcosted in the U.K…..scandalous.

It’s also made them de facto prisoners of a country with sky high property prices and rents. Before that, 27 nations, a continent was their oyster. Move somewhere else, learn another language if they didn’t already, relocate permanently if it worked out.

 

[Cordwainer]

The saddest thing about Brexit for me is the fact it’s now nigh-on impossible for British youngsters to simply up sticks and spend some time working in Europe. You could do this on a whim in the past, zero paperwork. I don’t necessarily mean work-work either, more casual stuff working in a cafe for the summer, working in the mountains etc. I spend a lot of my spare time in cafes and bars and had spoken to many young Brits who were working there simply because it made a change to a summer job in Aldi or B&Q, or they wanted to travel, have an adventure and wanted a different experience and earn some money along the way. I now can’t recall the last time I spoke to a Brit like this. It’s very sad. Starmer even turned down an offer from the EU where young Brits could get visas in the EU if it were reciprcosted in the U.K…..scandalous.

Couldn’t agree more HT. Am gutted that it’s now so much more difficult for my kids and likely successive generations to be able to do this. The experiences and life lessons that I gained from travelling and working around the world are utterly invaluable and would encourage any youngsters today to do the same. Gives one so much more of a rounded view on life..imo of course.

 

[nicko31]

The saddest thing about Brexit for me is the fact it’s now nigh-on impossible for British youngsters to simply up sticks and spend some time working in Europe. You could do this on a whim in the past, zero paperwork. I don’t necessarily mean work-work either, more casual stuff working in a cafe for the summer, working in the mountains etc. I spend a lot of my spare time in cafes and bars and had spoken to many young Brits who were working there simply because it made a change to a summer job in Aldi or B&Q, or they wanted to travel, have an adventure and wanted a different experience and earn some money along the way. I now can’t recall the last time I spoke to a Brit like this. It’s very sad. Starmer even turned down an offer from the EU where young Brits could get visas in the EU if it were reciprcosted in the U.K…..scandalous.

We do have a youth mobility scheme with San Marino, Andorra and Monaco.

Have I found a Brexit benefit or does that not count?