30 Nov 2015 4:25 PM:
In reply to mariedav,you seem to have totally missed the point,the government of the day,yes the Tories,if Labour was in power and trying the same thing I would be of the same opinion!When you have a party that lies blatantly to obtain votes how can you defend them?I repeat what I said that if the vote is 'out' every ex-pat living in Spain,Portugal,Italy or France,will suffer in some way or another,and I would not dismiss the threat of freezing our State Pensions,now is the time to act,once they have a mandate its far to late!
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28 Nov 2015 6:26 PM:
Hello,we are living in France now,but in the nineties we also lived on the Costa Blanca,I sincerely agree with the article about what if Britain leaves the EU,the present Tory government has no interest what so ever in British people who decide for what ever reason to go and live abroad,retired or not,I would be very upset if I had voted Tory in the last election,as they have not kept their promise to recind the stupid 15 year rule,as for voting in the EU Referendum,do what we did for the last General Election,contact the Town Hall,where you last lived in the UK,give them your old address,and also the name and address of a Proxy who can vote on your behalf,it takes a bit of time but its worth the effort!Also contact your MP in the borough where you last lived,you have to contact the House of Commons,but again its worth it!Tell him or her what would happen to you if the vote is an 'out'one,lay it on the line!especially if its a Tory!As expats we have a friend in the House of Lords,Lord Hannay,( cross-bencher) has tried unsuccessfully to recind the 15 year rule but was outvoted,yes you've guessed it!by Tory Lords,contact him and say what might happen if its 'out'.By the way all this can be achieved by e-mail,what would we do without it! Remember, after the referendum its to late, the Torys are capable of anything! Good Luck my fellow expats,keep on fighting!
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17 Feb 2014 6:40 PM:
To Mariedav,you are right that there only 56,000 in receipt of State Pension living in France,that is why the Connexion Newspaper failed to get anywhere near the 100,000 signatures to force a House of Commons debate on the issue,the remaining 94,000 out of a toal of 150,000 Brits living in France,were not interested in voting because they do not receive the WFA anyway.
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17 Feb 2014 6:34 PM:
To Mariedav,yes you are right there only 56,000 in receipt of the State Pension living in France,that is why the Connexion Newspaper campaign failed to reach anywhere near the 100,000 needed to force a House of Commons debate,the remaining 94,000 out of a total of 150,000 Brits in France,were not interested because they don't receive the WFA anyway.
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15 Feb 2014 5:01 PM:
Re: Spanish Climate,as someone who lived on the Costa Blanca for 7 years,I completely agree with this article,we lived near the sea,but high up a mountain,in summer it was very pleasant,unlike at sea level where the humidity was very high,but in winter! the wind was hurricane force and very cold! Now we are in France in Brittany,and yes we have been told that Duncan-Smith will if elected,stop the Winter Fuel Allowance,because he says,France is a warm country,he wants to try living in the French Alps! We have found out through the ' Connexion' newspaper,an English language paper distributed throughout France,that Duncan-Smith,included the French overseas possessions,in the Meditterraean,the Carribean,Indian Ocean & the Pacific Ocean,to boost up the 'average temperature'! and apparently it was not that much warmer than Exeter,where the comparision has been taken from! We also signed a petition organised by the 'Connexion' but it failed to gather enough signatures to force through a debate in the House of Commons,apparently the minimum figure is 100,000,but as there only 56,000 brits living in France,it was a non starter! This is only the tip of the iceberg though,because if elected the government will hold a referendum on Britains membership of the European Union,and from what I understand the British people will vote to leave the EU.which will be a disaster for Brits who live in the EU.
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