Robert Christopher
That's an excellent question, it seems the Pol Pots in Brussels have more humanity the than the Strong and Stable Government in the UK on this occasion.

golf charlie
I reckon that you may be an exception in that respect.(not necessarily here but in the UK)

I ask myself the same question. The French in the UK (mostly London) have given up a 35 hour week for 24/7 availability, Strong trade unions for zero hours contracts. Work free Sundays for 24 hour shopping. 3 bank holidays in May (tomorrow everything is shut including our village shop) for DIY bank holidays. Virtually lorry free Sundays for court cases against the government over city centre pollution. Constant war between cyclists and pedestrians and motorists (Jeremy Vine 3 road rage uploads possibly indicating a problem with him). Free prescriptions for over the counter low cost painkillers.

I reckon that the French (and presumably Spanish) way of doing things suits British retirees who have the time to go to the DIY store Tuesday to Saturday) the time to deal with the bureaucracy, don't mind having a chat in the village shop having taken 5 minutes to greet all their friends with a bisous or handshake. Enjoy walking or cycling along country roads where you may get killed but rarely does the activity cause anger. Whereas the UK live style suits the ambitious young, especially those who like earning lots of money by whatever means and not paying much tax. It's possible that the UK has reached the point where the indigenous population who want to work hard and get on and those who just want a steady job are all working leaving the jobs at minimum wage picking fruit and vegetables in Lincolnshire, or hand washing cars in an old filling station in December are available to people for whom the minimum wage means you can send money home to a poor region in Europe much to the chagrin of people who rather have empty shops than Albanian and Bulgarian foodstores in their city centres, Who wants to eat that foreign muck anyway?

It would be interesting to know what proportion of original EU country Uk residents are from rural areas in their home countries. Getting work in the country is a problem Just as in the UK the small farming township in Western Europe is a thing of the past

But I don't really know.

O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion:
What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us,
An' ev'n devotion!

Apr 30, 2017 at 1:55 AM by golf charlie

The problem is that the EU are demanding it. If the EU citizens get similar rights, it will because the British Government has made it so, for the time being, and not some tin pot Pol Pot sitting in Brussels.

These Continentals really don't get it, do they: and that includes Farron, Clegg and Gina Miller.

And why are those representing us in Parliament not concerned with the British resident on the Continent?

They are living on a different planet to us. And why doesn't the BBC not question them about it?

The EU demands rights for EU Citizens living and working in the UK. I have never had a problem with that. I do have a problem with EU and non-EU Citizens choosing to live in the UK, because they get better housing and benefits.

It is strange how many working EU Citizens want to stay in the UK, after Brexit. What can they find so appealing about working and living outside the EU?