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And btw, imo, this is scarily similar to what happened in the 1930s.... I think people would do well to learn a bit more history and look at what is happening now”.
This opinion has been expressed over the various airwaves today by several commentators.
MIL is 86. She came to England in 1955 from Germany following one of those nasty, regular wars European nations tended to engage in prior to the formation of the fledgling EU. She married an Englishman (who sadly passed away many years ago). She brought up her 3 sons here, working and paying tax and national insurance all the while until retirement when she settled quietly in the home she bought and continued yes to support her village church and community in numerous ways.
She has been unwell for the past few years with strokes, heart problems and now early stage dementia. She has a German passport. They weren’t wealthy people, they generally only travelled to Germany for holidays. She meant to get around to dual citizenship but somehow just never did because the pressing need just didn’t arise. She has clearly been in no fit state to sort out SS for herself - she needs a clock with the day on the face as well as the time - but luckily has 3 sons looking out for her, one of whom is handling the paperwork. Hopefully all will be well. If it isn’t, she may be sent “back” to Germany, to a country where she hasn’t lived for 64 years or visited for 15.
I am very frightened indeed for the no doubt thousands of elderly foreign nationals in similar situations who have no one to advocate for them. Before the inevitable, well they should have applied for SS as soon as the result was in, please remember that most won’t even understand that there was a referendum, let alone what the potential consequences for them could be.
It’s an horrific, inhumane prospect. I don't understand how the Home Secretary and her colleagues sleep at night.
Oh, actually I do. They’re callous b**tards.