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This will undoubtedly make some brexiteers very unhappy.
by rbjorklin 2y ago
This will undoubtedly make some brexiteers very unhappy.
- ipnon 2y agoIt's quite funny because Great Britain is the reason why the Spanish won their war of independence.
- cmsj 2y agoGood. I love this for them. Source: totally not still bitter Remainer.
- spacedcowboy 2y agoSeconded. Bastards.
- Gvaskas 2y ago[flagged]
- floxy 2y agoIs that because: A.) There is significant overlap between Brexiteers and those with enough extra wealth to afford vacation / second homes in Spain. Is there any way to quantify this? I would have thought that those with a nationalistic bent wouldn't be keen to own homes in foreign lands. Plus I had the impression that the Remainers were more towards the urban, wealthy, citizen-of-the-world types who would at first blush seem more likely to buy houses elsewhere. B.) The Brexiteers were hoping that the Remainers would all move away, so they don't have to deal with them anymore? C.) The Brexiteers want to colonize Spain? D.) Brexiteers wish they would have thought of the idea punitive taxes on foreigners first? E.) Other?
- johannes1234321 2y agoThere is a notable amount of "expats" who permanently moved to Spain under freedom of movement, then voted for Brexit and then were angry that Spain/EU started to treat them as foreigners. How many hundred that are I don't know, but they made "fun" news stories during those times.
- delroth 2y agoThose expats are residents though, and thus wouldn't be impacted by the proposal being discussed in the linked article.
- floxy 2y ago>How many hundred that are I don't know, but they made "fun" news stories during those times. Seems like every human story then. The few-and-far-between exceptions get magnified by 100-1000 times their actual significance by people on the other side.
- archsurface 2y agoDo you have figures?