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Wed-08-02-2017, 12:47 PM
Thanks for that chaps.
At the last time of looking this thread had gained nearly 200 views - and only two replies which rather suggests we are all in the same boat; nobody knows what is going to happen.
Interesting thought Fred on a possible "time limit" of having lived in France. Five years is as good a guess as anything I could come up with.
I have a strange feeling that recipricol "rights" won't be sorted out until the very last minute. The EU will see us ex-pats in Europe as a big bargaining lever and likewise Madame May in Great Britain Plc will see the work/health rights of EU nationals living in the UK as the same thing. "You treat our people fairly and we'll make sure your people are OK" sort of thing.
Of course this type of bargaining tool only needs a Trump-like figure in Europe (or the UK) to have a Trump-like hissy fit and we're all doomed. A lot depends, I think, on how the EU are going to view us leaving their cosy collective club. I note Merkel and that funny little chap Hollande have already displayed signs on a Trump-like stamping of the foot - how dare we leave etc etc.
Add to that the distinct possibility that the euro as a "one size fits all" currency will probably collapse in the next few years adds a certain frisson to the whole proceedings.
We live in exciting and uncertain times but surely that's the joy of the whole thing because at the end of the day we're pawns in a game that no-one can foretell the outcome of.
As for being scared Brian, there ain't no reason to be unless...........The Donald has an almighty strop over something, swamps Twitter with his petulant ten-year-old spoiled brat outbursts and then presses the nuclear button.
In that scenario healthcare don't really come into it.
At the last time of looking this thread had gained nearly 200 views - and only two replies which rather suggests we are all in the same boat; nobody knows what is going to happen.
Interesting thought Fred on a possible "time limit" of having lived in France. Five years is as good a guess as anything I could come up with.
I have a strange feeling that recipricol "rights" won't be sorted out until the very last minute. The EU will see us ex-pats in Europe as a big bargaining lever and likewise Madame May in Great Britain Plc will see the work/health rights of EU nationals living in the UK as the same thing. "You treat our people fairly and we'll make sure your people are OK" sort of thing.
Of course this type of bargaining tool only needs a Trump-like figure in Europe (or the UK) to have a Trump-like hissy fit and we're all doomed. A lot depends, I think, on how the EU are going to view us leaving their cosy collective club. I note Merkel and that funny little chap Hollande have already displayed signs on a Trump-like stamping of the foot - how dare we leave etc etc.
Add to that the distinct possibility that the euro as a "one size fits all" currency will probably collapse in the next few years adds a certain frisson to the whole proceedings.
We live in exciting and uncertain times but surely that's the joy of the whole thing because at the end of the day we're pawns in a game that no-one can foretell the outcome of.
As for being scared Brian, there ain't no reason to be unless...........The Donald has an almighty strop over something, swamps Twitter with his petulant ten-year-old spoiled brat outbursts and then presses the nuclear button.
In that scenario healthcare don't really come into it.
