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If Scotland declares independence does the Union Jack/Flag cease to exist?

I’m an historical mental midget so honestly have no clue. All I know is, Scotland’s blue and white does a lot of heavy lifting on that design.
 
Wibble said:
They have been spectacularly incompetent with deadly results. They rolled out the vaccine fast is the only good thing and even that they gambled and luckily it didn't feck up.
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Hasn’t fcuked up yet. There’s still time. It’s been exceptional so far. But we have adopted an attitude that 1st dose is all that matters, for now. I’m very worried that we won’t be Miles ahead of everyone else in 6 months when it comes to Fully Vaccinated.
 
UnrelatedPsuedo said:
Cheers bud. All a bit shite. To see the flag shaggers reactions to a Scottish trademark claim would be fabulous.

In associated old news... New Zealand thought about removing the British bit of their flag in 2015 while I lived there. ‘Laser Kiwi’ was far too close to making it onto the official ballot.

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:lol: Some of the are brilliant, national flags should be voted in
 
UnrelatedPsuedo said:
Hasn’t fcuked up yet. There’s still time. It’s been exceptional so far. But we have adopted an attitude that 1st dose is all that matters, for now. I’m very worried that we won’t be Miles ahead of everyone else in 6 months when it comes to Fully Vaccinated.
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There is time to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory of course but hopefully not.
 
Wibble said:
There is time to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory of course but hopefully not.
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The single biggest point of success that is rarely discussed is how few doses we are throwing away.

I don’t know if it’s happening nationwide, but in London at least, pop up end of day clinics are ensuring almost every dose is used.

That’s exceptional. But scheduling second doses with the same methodology will be so difficult.

I hate the Tories, but I don’t see how we won’t have to stop maximising first doses to ensure second doses are timed correctly. There’s no unifying app for this. It’s hard work and ad-hoc processes. The things that make it so good for dose 1, could be the things that Fcuk us up inside 3-6 months. Really tough job. They’re nailing it but I hope the best people are sorting the next bit. Not just being told to keep numbers high.
 
Has anyone read a good article on the new financial services deal which has been closed?
 
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africanspur said:
Can we get this couple the world's smallest violin?

Of all the people to have made this stupid decision, the ones who live in mainland Europe, especially those who are retired like this, have to be the most ridiculous.

https://global247news.com/2021/03/2...to-avoid-being-deported-as-illegals-in-spain/

The article if anyone wants to read it. Shaun still couldn't resist a typically nice bit of British exceptionalism there though. :D
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Yeah these people and the guys who voted leave in spite of earning most of their money from exports to the EU have to be the biggest fecking idiots.
 
africanspur said:
Can we get this couple the world's smallest violin?

Of all the people to have made this stupid decision, the ones who live in mainland Europe, especially those who are retired like this, have to be the most ridiculous.

https://global247news.com/2021/03/2...to-avoid-being-deported-as-illegals-in-spain/

The article if anyone wants to read it. Shaun still couldn't resist a typically nice bit of British exceptionalism there though. :D
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Notice the photo in the article of the Spanish British pub with more Union Jack flags than Boris Johnson.
 
africanspur said:
Can we get this couple the world's smallest violin?

Of all the people to have made this stupid decision, the ones who live in mainland Europe, especially those who are retired like this, have to be the most ridiculous.

https://global247news.com/2021/03/2...to-avoid-being-deported-as-illegals-in-spain/

The article if anyone wants to read it. Shaun still couldn't resist a typically nice bit of British exceptionalism there though. :D
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:lol:I feel bad for people whose dream has been wrecked by idiots, but I'm sure Spain is delighted to lose swathes of them- the tax dodgers, crooks and even the pensioners burdening its health service.
 
Jippy said:
:lol:I feel bad for people whose dream has been wrecked by idiots, but I'm sure Spain is delighted to lose swathes of them- the tax dodgers, crooks and even the pensioners burdening its health service.
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Spain will want those tax dodgers back according to the bloke in the article.
 
One ex-pat openly mocks the host nation, the second thinks the host nation will suffer from their absence.

Can’t quite see that.
 
calodo2003 said:
One ex-pat openly mocks the host nation, the second thinks the host nation will suffer from their absence.

Can’t quite see that.
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(some) Brits have the perception that every country is backwards and other countries love having Brits living there without learning the language or paying tax.

I don't want to tar all Brits living in Spain with the same brush because I know there are many who go there to contribute and be a part of Spanish society.
 
horsechoker said:
(some) Brits have the perception that every country is backwards and other countries love having Brits living there without learning the language or paying tax.

I don't want to tar all Brits living in Spain with the same brush because I know there are many who go there to contribute and be a part of Spanish society.
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Is a pity to lose anyone that contributes to the society from wherever they are, I love add to our culture and mingle all together.

But I don't like twats like the one in the article. Not even if they would contribute economically. That they don't. They don't pay taxes, they use public services, the older they get they use more the health public services (even if there are money transfers among the countries, the time adding to the lines is never recovered), they put pressure on the housing prices and they are twats....fecking twats. And with that should be enough. No Shaun you will not be missed but youll miss Spain. good riddance

My shaudenfraudemeter is over the roof
 
esmufc07 said:
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Why's he not happy to return? Things have been going great since he helped us leave the EU. Our flag sales have skyrocketed, you can get real British food like kaysadeeyas and Chinese takeaways, and we even have our own language now instead of that horrible pict dialect we were all forced to use because of the Eeyoos sanctions against being British (which would get you lined up against a wall and shit in third world Eeyoo nations like Melbourne or Sunderland - it happened to my taxi driving mate Dave who told me about it yesterday when he was giving me a lift to the dogging spot. No masks either.)
 
4bars said:
Is a pity to lose anyone that contributes to the society from wherever they are, I love add to our culture and mingle all together.

But I don't like twats like the one in the article. Not even if they would contribute economically. That they don't. They don't pay taxes, they use public services, the older they get they use more the health public services (even if there are money transfers among the countries, the time adding to the lines is never recovered), they put pressure on the housing prices and they are twats....fecking twats. And with that should be enough. No Shaun you will not be missed but youll miss Spain. good riddance

My shaudenfraudemeter is over the roof
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I'll add that it's not just the Brits, the Irish do much of the same there as well. Maybe the Irish aren't arrogant about it though.
 
horsechoker said:
(some) Brits have the perception that every country is backwards and other countries love having Brits living there without learning the language or paying tax.

I don't want to tar all Brits living in Spain with the same brush because I know there are many who go there to contribute and be a part of Spanish society.
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Obviously not, but negative emotions trump positive ones. If those two are indicative of the mindset of any typical ‘negative’ ex-pat, I just can’t see that much remorse from Spain, more importantly the regions of Spain where the ex-pats primarily lived.
 
horsechoker said:
I'll add that it's not just the Brits, the Irish do much of the same there as well. Maybe the Irish aren't arrogant about it though.
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I mentioned that the main reason is being a twat? :p and that is directed to all Shauns from every nationality, spaniards included, but we can't kick them out. Spain is the Florida of Europe. Germans flooding Mallorca, young Irish and british doing BJ contests in Magaluf and all the coast is full of old retirees immigrants that brings certain advantages and disadvantages and we have to deal with it and its fine. But don't be a twat about it

Old Immigrants bring money with their expenditure but I believe it does not compensate the social burden of the Public Health services (again, even with any money back from UK), other public services that are not refunded and Housing prices increasing among other things, but is part of being on the EU, you get twats but the EU funds you a high speed train. None related but bc being part of the EU and you can't separate that

But again, don't be twat and it goes for all the Shauns in the world. So I am happy about his Spanish retirement dream gone wrong
 
4bars said:
I mentioned that the main reason is being a twat? :p and that is directed to all Shauns from every nationality, spaniards included, but we can't kick them out. Spain is the Florida of Europe. Germans flooding Mallorca, young Irish and british doing BJ contests in Magaluf and all the coast is full of old retirees immigrants that brings certain advantages and disadvantages and we have to deal with it and its fine. But don't be a twat about it

Old Immigrants bring money with their expenditure but I believe it does not compensate the social burden of the Public Health services (again, even with any money back from UK), other public services that are not refunded and Housing prices increasing among other things, but is part of being on the EU, you get twats but the EU funds you a high speed train. None related but bc being part of the EU and you can't separate that

But again, don't be twat and it goes for all the Shauns in the world. So I am happy about his Spanish retirement dream gone wrong
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I agree with your take on this. These folk don't want to live in Spain because they like all things Spanish, they want to be there simply for the weather. If Italy was full of British pubs and cafes I don't think we'd want to be here.These people wanted the best of both worlds, which being in the EU gave us.

I'm interested as to why they were turned down for residency, as people on state pensions are still getting free healthcare in Europe under the S1 arrangements. We pay 2,700 euros a year here in Italy to be part of the Italian healthcare system - when we've been resident for 5 years we won't have to pay. Even so, it's a lot of money in the early years, but then, it's based on income - if you don't have much, you pay far less. It's not unreasonable.

I'll never understand why someone whose whole lifestyle was based around having freedom of movement voted to end that privilege.
 
UnrelatedPsuedo said:
The single biggest point of success that is rarely discussed is how few doses we are throwing away.

I don’t know if it’s happening nationwide, but in London at least, pop up end of day clinics are ensuring almost every dose is used.

That’s exceptional. But scheduling second doses with the same methodology will be so difficult.

I hate the Tories, but I don’t see how we won’t have to stop maximising first doses to ensure second doses are timed correctly. There’s no unifying app for this. It’s hard work and ad-hoc processes. The things that make it so good for dose 1, could be the things that Fcuk us up inside 3-6 months. Really tough job. They’re nailing it but I hope the best people are sorting the next bit. Not just being told to keep numbers high.
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Yes well done NHS. All the government are saying are “get it done”. The nhs are the ones making it happen
 
Penna said:
I'll never understand why someone whose whole lifestyle was based around having freedom of movement voted to end that privilege.
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And who didn't intend live in of intend to return to the UK! Although I guess at least you can't say they voted Brexit for selfish reasons...
 
UnrelatedPsuedo said:
Hasn’t fcuked up yet. There’s still time. It’s been exceptional so far. But we have adopted an attitude that 1st dose is all that matters, for now. I’m very worried that we won’t be Miles ahead of everyone else in 6 months when it comes to Fully Vaccinated.
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The UK has already given more 2nd doses per head than the EU. The idea that the JCVI are a bunch of chancers who only care about 1st doses is pretty ridiculous.
 
Penna said:
I'm interested as to why they were turned down for residency..
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Me too, apparently they were laughable. 5,000 euros a year income and health coverage and minor paperwork.

Could be possible that if you are resident in Spain you need to file taxes over your retiree funds in UK, as they would not be retiree funds in Spain but income as they don't care about the source?

But I don't think many people will be legally kicked out from Spain, the agreement reached between countries covered all the current residence in both countries (and the other countries) to not disrupt their lives
 
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