martinb
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Just read this thread with interest, especially the comments regarding Paris above.
After the fraudulent referendum, I turned to my good lady and said that we had better get our act together before Brexit happened.
We had always had intentions of retiring to France, specifically Normandie, when we turned 60. However, Brexit moved the timescale forward somewhat.
We looked at many houses, and finally made the move in Feb 2018. It has been the best thing we have ever done.
We run a gite, I have a gardening business and we breed the occaisional litter of dachshund puppies.
We are not well off, although we have saving from the UK we have bought over here, but, overall, we are happy.
France is not as cheap as it used to be, but the laid back way of life, the vast country of different facets, and a certain lack of borders between countries are benefits.
When I look at the news and see the utter shitshow that the UK Government are making of both Brexit and Covid, I honestly wonder what the f*** people were thinking when they voted in the blond bullshitter.
In 2015, Cameron said, Vote Tory or get chaos with Ed Milliband.
Well, I think I would have preferred chaos with Ed Milliband.
France isn't perfect, no country is. But when I go to Paris - 3 times this year and we've also been to Strasbourg and Perpignan this year, you go through poor places, but you also meet people who are genuine and friendly.
What France doesn't have are the landed gentry like Jacob Rees-Smug et al, who are only out to rip off Joe Public and bomb the economy and pound to make a quick buck.
Remember that France got rid of its monarchy a few centuries ago by inventive means.
The UK government by its definition is supposed to serve the people and do what is right for the country, this version of the Conservatives is turning the UK into a banana republic, awarding dodgy contracts to mates and supporters, promoting undeserving brexit supporters to the HoL, tanking the econmy and putting peoples health and wellbeing on the line.
What do ordinary people do? Feck all.
In France, there would be hundreds and thousands of protesters on the streets, riots etc. But the ordinary British mana and woman won't lift a finger until it directly affects them, when they can't get their pies, or Watneys red barrel.
Woe betide the Uk if there is no-deal, if Johnson makes a stand about the fishing (0.02% of UK GDP).
The moment the UK Navy stop a french fishing boat, ports will be blocked, trains stopped and ATC will stop planes, it'll make the last couple of days on Plague Island seem like a picnic.
Meanwhile, Happy Christmas, Joyeux Noel from Normandie, France!
After the fraudulent referendum, I turned to my good lady and said that we had better get our act together before Brexit happened.
We had always had intentions of retiring to France, specifically Normandie, when we turned 60. However, Brexit moved the timescale forward somewhat.
We looked at many houses, and finally made the move in Feb 2018. It has been the best thing we have ever done.
We run a gite, I have a gardening business and we breed the occaisional litter of dachshund puppies.
We are not well off, although we have saving from the UK we have bought over here, but, overall, we are happy.
France is not as cheap as it used to be, but the laid back way of life, the vast country of different facets, and a certain lack of borders between countries are benefits.
When I look at the news and see the utter shitshow that the UK Government are making of both Brexit and Covid, I honestly wonder what the f*** people were thinking when they voted in the blond bullshitter.
In 2015, Cameron said, Vote Tory or get chaos with Ed Milliband.
Well, I think I would have preferred chaos with Ed Milliband.
France isn't perfect, no country is. But when I go to Paris - 3 times this year and we've also been to Strasbourg and Perpignan this year, you go through poor places, but you also meet people who are genuine and friendly.
What France doesn't have are the landed gentry like Jacob Rees-Smug et al, who are only out to rip off Joe Public and bomb the economy and pound to make a quick buck.
Remember that France got rid of its monarchy a few centuries ago by inventive means.
The UK government by its definition is supposed to serve the people and do what is right for the country, this version of the Conservatives is turning the UK into a banana republic, awarding dodgy contracts to mates and supporters, promoting undeserving brexit supporters to the HoL, tanking the econmy and putting peoples health and wellbeing on the line.
What do ordinary people do? Feck all.
In France, there would be hundreds and thousands of protesters on the streets, riots etc. But the ordinary British mana and woman won't lift a finger until it directly affects them, when they can't get their pies, or Watneys red barrel.
Woe betide the Uk if there is no-deal, if Johnson makes a stand about the fishing (0.02% of UK GDP).
The moment the UK Navy stop a french fishing boat, ports will be blocked, trains stopped and ATC will stop planes, it'll make the last couple of days on Plague Island seem like a picnic.
Meanwhile, Happy Christmas, Joyeux Noel from Normandie, France!