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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 9th 2024, 9:17 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 13,641
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Uk holiday after 6 years away

Tke London for example - any aged Londoner will have lived through IRA bombing campaigns, Islamic bombings, 2011 riots, current riots, ongoing stabbings and shootings, etc. .... and the vast majority...
Forum: Thailand
Aug 9th 2024, 8:43 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 3,669
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Thailand retirement.

Stay in hotels, Airbnb or similar until you're sure of the location you want to live, the type of property you want, what's a fair price, what are reasonable lease terms, etc. Getting advice from...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 9th 2024, 12:00 am
Replies: 110
Views: 34,471
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

Regrettably, this is widespread.

I've been denied access to places, been abused and hassled, had an inflated cost of living, etc. when living overseas, but my experiences pales compared to...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 8th 2024, 11:11 pm
Replies: 110
Views: 34,471
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

Some move overseas and assimilate into the local culture. Others cluster together in ethnic enclaves. Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur have a "Little India" and a "Chinatown". London has districts where...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 6th 2024, 10:37 pm
Replies: 110
Views: 34,471
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

People often prefer to live with other people of their own culture. Not everyone does, but some do. Hence there are expat clusters and ethnic minority clusters in many locations in different...
Forum: USA
Aug 5th 2024, 8:24 am
Replies: 14
Views: 2,133
Posted By tdrinker

Re: US/UK Bank account

Revolut has the highest number bank fraud complaints for 2023 and the highest increase compared to 2022, (notwithstanding that other banks have considerably more customers. I have no data on Wise...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 5th 2024, 8:01 am
Replies: 110
Views: 34,471
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

Yes, because based on GDP, China is the 2nd richest country (more than 5 x UK's GDP) and India is the 5th richest, but their benefits are poor and reparations non-existent.
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Forum: The Barbie
Aug 4th 2024, 5:56 am
Replies: 110
Views: 34,471
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 4th 2024, 5:21 am
Replies: 35
Views: 12,195
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Returning to the UK in 2025. Advice appreciated

WE can be more fearless when younger. I moved away from my hometown, then overseas without much concern or deep thought, but it would feel a bigger step to move countries now.
Forum: Spain
Aug 4th 2024, 5:16 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

Have you check the economies of EU countries like Germany recently? Or the growing anti-EU sentiment in some countries?

We don't know what the situation will be in 10 years' time; the EU may be...
Forum: Spain
Aug 4th 2024, 3:31 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

Gibraltar could be swapped for Catalonia, neither of which appear to want to be part of Spain.
Forum: Spain
Aug 4th 2024, 2:46 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

Even if he wanted to join it would probably take years of negotiation.
Forum: Spain
Aug 4th 2024, 2:34 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

In the election campaign, did Starmer:
a. Rule it out, i.e. it won't happen unless he changes his mind (flip flops), or
b. Say he had no plans to introduce it, i.e. it will definitely happen?
Forum: Spain
Aug 2nd 2024, 9:18 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

Yes, if they aspire to be anything different or better, or to be straight with the public as they repeatedly claim is their intent. But it turns out this is also a lie. Meet the new boss, same as...
Forum: Spain
Aug 2nd 2024, 8:38 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

She did say this repeatedly, and so did Starmer. But as the article shows, they were lying because they did have plans to increase taxes.
Forum: Spain
Aug 2nd 2024, 2:40 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

I posted an article from the Guardian. It quotes Labour sources saying Reeves was intending tax increases which she was hiding from the electorate. Funny that none of the usual suspects have...
Forum: Spain
Aug 2nd 2024, 1:22 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2024/07/30/TELEMMGLPICT000387625260_17223588106680_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpeg?imwidth=960&imdensity=2
Forum: Spain
Aug 2nd 2024, 1:21 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

This proves my point; the forecast and the criticism of it were in the public domain, not hidden. Reeves, an experienced economist with a team of advisors, would surely use different assumptions in...
Forum: Spain
Aug 1st 2024, 10:00 pm
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

Right wing newspapers bad, left wing newspapers good.

I can see that certain individual countries within the EU may want bilateral freedom of movement deals (for all or a certain demographic, e.g....
Forum: Spain
Aug 1st 2024, 9:09 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

Rachel Reeves said before the election:
“We've got the OBR now. You don't need to win an election to find out about the public finances.”

The IFS and International Monetary Fund, having the...
Forum: Spain
Aug 1st 2024, 5:46 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

Reeves herself and various independent commentators, e.g. the IFS, stated that the public finances were transparent. The IFS, Sunak and others also stated that Labour would increase taxes to meet...
Forum: Spain
Jul 31st 2024, 10:18 pm
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

It's not fair. But unfortunately, when governments want money (any government, not just the current UK one), they tax those who have it. This includes people who lived modestly and built a nest egg...
Forum: Spain
Jul 31st 2024, 9:48 pm
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

Before the election Labour didn't rule out increasing certain taxes, but they did say repeatedly that their manifesto was fully costed, they had no plans for tax increases beyond the limited ones...
Forum: Spain
Jul 31st 2024, 9:16 pm
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

Most newspapers and news outlets favour a particular social and/or political viewpoint, which is reflected by its journalists, articles and readership. This is as true of the Guardian as other news...
Forum: Spain
Jul 31st 2024, 10:39 am
Replies: 202
Views: 14,219
Posted By tdrinker

Re: Starmer hatches new free movement plot with Spain

The current government, which says you're not a working person so it'll punish you by taxing your savings.As not explained in the fully costed manifesto (Rachel Reeves: “fully funded and fully...
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