‘I voted for Brexit from Spain and I’m pleased we did what we did’ A small band of proud Brexit-supporting expats say they have had ‘the last laugh’
by SW-Dragonus
‘I voted for Brexit from Spain and I’m pleased we did what we did’ A small band of proud Brexit-supporting expats say they have had ‘the last laugh’
by SW-Dragonus
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>MADRID – Many British expats living in Spain would prefer the UK had not left the European Union, but some are proud Brexit supporters and remain convinced it was the right decision.
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>Philip Smalley, 76, a retired pub owner from Preston in Lancashire who has lived in Spain for 17 years, voted for Brexit and remains a fervent supporter of breaking away from the EU.
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>“Closer trade ties with Europe is fine but anything that smacks of the EU interfering in British matters and dictating things from Brussels or Strasbourg is not on,” he told i from his home in Viñuela, near Malaga.
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>“Boris finally got Brexit done but he was smacked down by Covid and the Blob [the civil service] and the left-wing media. We still have a lot of things to do.”
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>As Labour proposes a closer relationship with the EU if it wins the next general election, Brexit supporters in Spain oppose any suggestion Britain should come under the control of Brussels again.
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>“We were very aware of putting our country first, unlike people here who were worried about how it would affect them. We were concerned with the sovereignty of the UK,” said Michael Stevenson, who lives in Alcaucin, near Malaga, and voted for Brexit along with his wife.
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>“I am quite pleased that we did what we did. We will have the last laugh when Europe falls apart.”
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>The retired insurance official, who has lived with his wife in Spain for 16 years, said he and his family were among the few who did not vote “selfishly”, like the British expats who backed Remain.
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>“When the vote happened [Remainers] wanted to kill us. But we are in the minority, the educated elite who voted Brexit. We had the last laugh,” the 76-year-old told i.
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>Mr Stevenson, who is originally from Wigan, Lancashire, said his family are residents in Spain so have not been affected by restrictions which mean Britons visiting the country can only stay up to 90 days within every 180.
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>Britain’s departure from the EU remains a divisive issue in the UK and among the 400,000 UK expatriates who live in Spain, the largest community of Britons outside the country.
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>Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he will not try to reverse Brexit but will seek closer trade cooperation between the UK and Brussels, and said Britain’s present relationship with Europe was “far too thin”.
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>Anne Fernandez, president of Brexpats in Spain, which represents 45,000 UK expats who are affected by Brexit, welcomed closer ties with Europe.
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>“Boris had a timetable to get Brexit done but he did not do it properly. Every week there are Brexit wood worms crawling out of the woodwork and causing problems,” she told i.
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>“We welcome closer ties with Europe but Starmer has said he is never going to reverse Brexit.”
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>Ms Fernandez, a British citizen who lives in Mijas, near Malaga, said Britons in Spain had been abandoned after Brexit.
These fellas literally look like the Baz and Gaz memes lol, god bless x
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No way. Bald British blokes over 60 saying ‘I got mine, now fuck off’. I just didn’t see that coming.
‘ate the EU, ‘ate europe, luv me spain n boris, simpel as
Why do people who have emigrated to another country get a say in what the country they left does?
>I’m pleased we did what we did
Stopping other working class Brits from pursuing their dream of retiring in the sun?
How this tool thinks he ‘did not vote selfishly’ is beyond comprehension.
At least they won’t be around when the next referendum is up.
Interesting – and yet the electorate in Catalonia voted for independence, and We recall the consequences.
This level of selfishness and malice doesn’t surprise me… but it does upset me.☹
I absolutely love how wound up this will get the users of r/unitedkingdom
Spitting feathers because some boomers know how to push buttons lol
Absolute cunts. It’s only fair they should be repatriated back to the UK and any assets they own in Spain seized by Spanish authorities, let’s see how they like living here.
The staggering hypocrisy is fucking unreal.
They wont ever admit this, but my theory is they didn’t want other Brits to be able to move to Spain and increase house prices, crowd them out of the bars etc.
These types are very selfish and only think short term, they certainly don’t want people who have different world views to them moving in next door, that’s why they left woke/broke Britain.
I think they voted not knowing what the consequences of Brexit could have been. One Spanish Resident I know failed to apply in time and had to return to the UK – I think it only so-happened that Residents could register by a certain date to be able to remain there.
Maybe a good idea for these chucklefucks to be ignored as their goal is to troll from a distance. lets the fade away and we will be better for it. after all brexit has been a major failure and im guessing these guys seems to have just lucked out for now but for how long this will last is anyones guess
There’s a lot of incredibly bitter Brits out there who seem to spend every waking moment feeling like some intangible other group of people is hellbent on trying to get one over on them for no reason, so they feel compelled to respond in kind.
They say they’re pleased, but they’re never really pleased because they’re just stuck in this eternal battle against their imaginary oppressor, blaming them for everything imperfect in their life, obsessing over sticking it to them to the point where they’d rather make everyone including themselves miserable than make themselves happy. It’s pitiful.
Wankstains. They voted to make supply chains vulnerable, prices higher, work opportunties complex to navigate, and cultural ties weaker while enjoying the results of having lived the EU heyday pre Brexit. I guess they didn’t see the pandemic/cost of living crisis coming, but knowing there are people out there who are glad they weakened the country before the shitstorm arrived makes me livid.
‘The baby boomers; whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple philosophy: ‘GIMME THAT, IT’S MINE!’ – George Carlin
Seriously, low intellect bigoted xenophobes comment on how things are better in the country they don’t actually live in..🤦♂️
Low effort irrelevant journalism at it’s very worst.
Wonder if this one was direct from the cabinet office and name then attached…
My ‘friend’ who holds an Irish passport said this to me as well. He voted Leave on the basis that he can still travel and it ‘won’t really impact’ him.
Needless to say we’re not on good terms. I actually don’t care if people voted remain or leave, but doing it to knowingly screw people out of something you’ll still be able to do is ridiculous.
Thank goodness they live in Spain, rather than contaminating this country.
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This really is not news, it is just a story. A story that keeps being warmed up every few months.
What do you think christmas is said the turkey.
I’m not sure but it can’t be that bad surely replied his friend.
And yet they were both mistaken.
We need to stop calling them expats. It’s not the Colonial Era.
They’re fucking immigrants.