It has been quite sometime since I last typed a blog and more than "a lot" has happened. As many of you know I live most of the time in France after retiring from work in the U.K., and part of the year in Greece. Over the years I have travelled extensively in Europe, mainly by car so have experienced many cultures.
So what has prompted me to write this blog? B R E X I T......
Sadly mainly by frustration with people who continually say and think because I live in Europe Brexit will not effect me. Well how wrong they are!
To start with even after paying the U.K. national insurance & taxes all my working life Brexit could mean my state pension could become frozen, that is what I get now may never be indexed linked to match inflation. It could stay the same amount for the rest of my life......
I will not be able to legally be resident in another EU country without formal application to live there.
So what has prompted me to write this blog? B R E X I T......
Sadly mainly by frustration with people who continually say and think because I live in Europe Brexit will not effect me. Well how wrong they are!
To start with even after paying the U.K. national insurance & taxes all my working life Brexit could mean my state pension could become frozen, that is what I get now may never be indexed linked to match inflation. It could stay the same amount for the rest of my life......
I will not be able to legally be resident in another EU country without formal application to live there.
My health care (which again I paid for all my working life in the UK by NI contributions could be taken away from me, and I may have to pay for private health insurance, that currently can cost well in excess of £350 per month !
Even dogs gets affected by Brexit as they need a blood test if they travel to the UK and then return to mainland Europe....(truthfully in my dogs case she has a Greek Pet Passport so will be OK as she had the test some years back)
So how did I vote in the referendum, well you can guess how I would have voted if the local authority had posted my election papers on time.....in fact they came too late for me to be able to post them back in time for the deadline!!!!!!
What is more I have spoken to many people in France, Spain and Greece that had the same thing happen. A fair referendum? I think not!
Even dogs gets affected by Brexit as they need a blood test if they travel to the UK and then return to mainland Europe....(truthfully in my dogs case she has a Greek Pet Passport so will be OK as she had the test some years back)
So how did I vote in the referendum, well you can guess how I would have voted if the local authority had posted my election papers on time.....in fact they came too late for me to be able to post them back in time for the deadline!!!!!!
What is more I have spoken to many people in France, Spain and Greece that had the same thing happen. A fair referendum? I think not!
