Get ready to be evacuated....

Scaremongering or what?



http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/12/19/evacuation-plan-for-brits-in-spain-amid-warning-euro-collapse-could-leave-them-stranded-115875-23645721/#.TvCp_h5bMEY.facebook

a bit scary eh.

I like this take on the situation better - I also like the Telegraph more than the Mirror

http://my.telegraph.co.uk/expat/annanicholas/10145588/are-british-expats-in-spain-really-running-scared/

Anyhow I'm ok Jack as I have a couple million US$ under my matress

That first report said there was 420000 Brits in Ireland. You lot are trying to take over again!!!!!

Seriously, there are a lot of British ex-pats here. I don't know why, its expensive to live here and its always pissing down. I find they really become part of the community giving their time to local projects etc, much more than the Irish themselves. Our local school has a committee ( you would probably call it a "board of governors".) 2 of the 6 are English and do a brilliant job. The English ex-pats must outnumber the Scots/Welsh combined by at least 10 to 1. Strange innit?

P.S. Sorry for going off topic Gypsy

3rdforum wrote:

P.S. Sorry for going off topic Gypsy

Not really OT 3F as it is still about us foreigners in other peoples countries.

We had a famous author/academic/journalist/politician called Conor Cruise O'Brien who broke the ultimate taboo and went from being a nationalist to being a unionist. To us , no matter which side of the political fence you are on, is the same as the pope becoming Protestant after having a sex change. Anyway, he said at one stage that "We should hand the country back to the Queen and apologise for the balls we made of it". Sometimes I wonder if he wasn't right!

If the Euro does go bust, what would the point be of people returning to the UK. Things there may well be just as bad as the rest of Europe ( indeed the world if things go tits up)

I think a lot of this "scaremongering" has a lot to do with Britain shining a light on the lack of political leadership in Europe which is driving the Euro crisis. Don't think the Euro will go bust, too mant countries including the UK, China and the US have vested interests in it's continuance and success. If the bum syrup really hits the fan, I would think the ECB will step in and quench the fires with a deluge of money.