Unintended Consequences

I think you’re doing very well to hold your tongue.

What did she expect?

I usually don't comment, but I lived in the Netherlands, and no, the health system is not better than here, and it would very hard for her to get the help she needs.

ok so that seems to be a UK problem - i have been told that i (and i have citizenship) can't move back to UK and start claiming benefits, and i can't access the NHS. I wrote to my MP to ask because my mum is getting older and more frail by the month. It would be an option for me to move back for a while.

So - there is more to their story than just rolling up and claiming.

Part of the problem is, of course, that the UK is too daft to implement proper checks and issue ID cards, or even health service cards. It's a "you" problem in other words. (collective rather than individual "you")

However. I have also checked if my mum could move here and still get healthcare. The answer seems to be, there are hoops, but you will be able to jump them because you have been here a long time and have "paid in". You can also, of course, take your UK pension(s) and have them paid anywhere in the world you like. They are frozen at the point you move away though and no increases applied.

Without knowing everyone's detailed backgrounds, it is nearly impossible to say who can move where and when.

But again: if other countries manage to keep within the EU rules, the UK could too. They chose not to in many respects.

In the hospitality industry, now the Europeans have left, you see dark faces in roles which wasn't the case before.

So, for example, the other day, the barista was wearing a headscarf. I think this is great, we had a nice chat.

Bet the Brexiteers didn't think that one through!

You are a saint for shutting up OP. I wouldn't be able to refrain from a passive aggressive "oh dear Brexit hasn't worked out as well as some hoped, has it ....".

What an act of self sabotage it was. And we all live with the consequences.

YANBU. She sounds like an entitled and ignorant cow. I wish you had enabled the voting on this post, I’d be interested to see the result!

All the Brits with property in Spain and Portugal who voted for Brexit and now can’t spend all their time sunning themselves - the idiots got what they voted for. The complaining is British superiority at its finest.

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It was the Australian government - she was English and the family wanted to emigrate to Australia. This was years ago so no idea if it’s still the case.

Look what Trump has done in little more than 100 days. Ursula said yesterday she wanted a tariff free trade deal with the US, but stuffed the UK a neighbour out of spite.

The UK does have a free trade deal with the EU. Although you wouldn't think it on this thread as people are suffering terribly. It's like the end of the world.

As for the OP, you shouldn't be allowed to burden another country without contribution.

You can spend 90/180 in Europe , I do it.

Bloody idiots. Not everyone who voted for Brexit is racist but every racist voted for Brexit .
If it wasn’t so bloody awful it would be funny. I’m beyond glad that Brexit voters are being hurt. Just devastated that those of us with more than a 1/4 of a brain have to deal with the problems and consequences dealt to us by idiots & racists.

Me too

She's a bit hard of thinking 😂/dim?!

I campaigned massively in favour of Europe /against Brexit... The number of brexiteers who expected there to be no downsides for them PERSONALLY is astonishing... The entitlement!

Who's Janet?

I basically just moved to UK in december 2015 and then the referendum happened 7 months after. I worked on Heathrow and saw so many people and came across elderly volunteer in the morning after the referendum. (plenty elderly volunteers work on Heathrow every day). We chatted and I just asked him if he is happy with the result. He said: "Finally we got our country back! Back in the 70s we voted for the fair trade, not for free movements or anything else!"
I think they believed that a day after referendum all the immigrants will just suddenly move back and only UK citizens will stay :-) How limited all the voters were. And most of them were very elderly, could probably not even be around anymore now. The biggest problem was, nobody believed it will actually happen, so plenty of voters against Brexit did not vote, as they were sure it can not happen! But opposite - everyone FOR it, voted, and this is why it did.
But, they did not even have a clue what they are voting for. And then you have those that complain how Europe is. Well, you voted, you swallow it now.

Can you tell me please who would not allow her? The UK government? The Australian government?

It's all too depressing for words.

Honestly, populism is such an old, well-trodden route. You'd think we'd have learned our lesson. But no. And Reform UK are still alive and well. 🙄

He got bitten by an ostrich at a safari park

I'm not knowingly friends with anyone who voted Brexit. If that was my colleague I'd take great pleasure in reminding her she voted for it

I’m wondering just how many people now have dual nationality having researched family history.

The numbers applying to the Italian consulate for example are so large it is virtually impossible to get an interview to complete the application.

Be an interesting question to add to the next census.

yanbu. The Brexit voters are always crosser about the realities of their actions

As someone who voted to leave the EU I also would be amused by your colleague and would have to point out that her circumstance was indeed something that we voted for.

Ah, that was one of the problems - all the lovely remain voters said they welcomed freedom of movement with Turkey. Poor strategy.

She tested the system and it rejected her just as she wanted it to. That’s what she voted for.