Re: OT: US administration "yes people"
Sam Plusnet <[email protected]>
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On 23/06/2026 11:06, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 23/06/2026 11:00, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> On 2026-06-23 11:30, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> On 23/06/2026 09:09, Steve Hayes wrote: >>>> On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:00:40 +0000, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> Let us not forget that the British citizens most affected by Brexit, >>>>> that is to say ones who didn't live in the UK, were denied the vote. >>>>> That was probably illegal, but I don't know if it was ever taken to >>>>> court. >>>> >>> My sister hasn't lived in Britain since 1964. She has a German >>> passport. She expected to be able to vote. >>> >>> >>>> The seems to have converted at least some ex-pats into immigrants. >>>> >>>> I know a Brit couple whose work took them to Cyprus, and after >>>> Brexit the >>>> became Cypriot citizens. >>>> >>> One example doesn't make a trend. >> >> «According to data cited from Spain's Immigration Observatory and >> Eurostat, about 2,363 British citizens acquired Spanish nationality >> between the 2016 Brexit referendum and 2023.» >> >> <https://www.thelocal.es/20250310/why-its-no-surprise-so-few-brits- >> have-applied-for-spanish-citizenship-since-brexit> >> >> «Across Europe, more than 120,000 Britons became citizens of European >> countries after the Brexit vote, but Spain accounted for only a small >> share of those naturalisations.» >> >> «The low number is often attributed to Spain's nationality rules, >> which generally require naturalising Britons to formally renounce >> their previous nationality, making Spanish citizenship less attractive >> than citizenship in countries that broadly allow dual nationality.» >> >> >>> Its sad how peole cannot accept that they were lied to by the EU and >>> the BBC and that actually brexit, *once its taken proper advantage >>> of* will be the saviour of the UK. >> >> LOL >> >> About 60% of Britons now would vote against Brexit. >> >> <https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/10-years-brexit-vote-majority-britons- >> would-vote-apply-rejoin-eu> >> >> <https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/majority-britons-disappointed-by- >> brexit-according-ecfr-poll-2026-06-21/> >> > > Brainwashing works > However an overwhelming majority would not vote to return to the EU. > As with the withdrawal from the EU, people in favour of withdrawal seemed to forget/ignore the fact that EU members had a vote on what happened. The same applies to any proposed rejoining - but with nobs on.