Quote Originally Posted by Wiganer View Post
The other advantage of the EU was the right to live/work in other eu countries with full reciprocal rights. This was great for the economy and directly benefitted many people. I was going to be one of them, retiring fairly early to a much cheaper place to live, while being able to draw my pension and have full citizen rights.

Unfortunately, the type of people I grew up with, thick northern ingrates, resentful about the fact that foreigners came to the uk to do the jobs they were not prepared to do, pulled a plug and fucked it up. The fact they fucked it up for embourgoisified aging lotus eaters like me and the missus perhaps shouldn't be regretted, but the fact they fucked it up for all the aspirational enterprising internationalist youngsters of this and the next few generations is.

Nod we touched upon the lateral movement benefits earlier but you putting a spotlight on the extent to which it changed lives is appreciated.

I really do think that whatever the outcome in France, whoever is left should hold the course.

...After they purge the oily Romanian swine.