Brit holiday makers are not welcome
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Brit holiday makers are not welcome
Perhaps just as well when you see the crowds protesting in London and on the beaches
Spain’s Tourism Minister has left the hopes of thousands of Britons yearning to return to the Costas in tatters today when she said the UK’s coronavirus infection rate “still had to improve” before they’d be allowed to visit.
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Re: Brit holiday makers are not welcome
Brits, French and Spanish not welcome in Greece.
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The UK has so many issues when it comes to this issue. So many have done the right thing and not only complied with the advise that has been given from government but have simply done the right thing and stayed away from others not living with. Unfortunately as always there have been foolish people that have as they always do who have done whatever they want with no regard for anyone. I'm sure to some scale all countries will have had this. Recent issues with Cummings in particular but other political people and poor way it has been dealt with have exacerbated the issue. Of course UK was behind mainland Europe in contracting the virus by 10 days or slightly more at the start so that drag will be there coming out. Let's hope the UK gets its figures down rather than start going back up. Personally I am waiting for my wife to be able to join me to get on with our new life in Spain. On the plus side I see that they are going to start appointments for NIE etc shortly in many areas I'm presuming that will include residencia appointments.? So fingers crossed UK gets on top of things and we can move on.
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I am glass half full, but it is difficult to be optimistic. It is not surprising many in UK follow the dreadful example set by the monarchy, politicians and those with more money than sense.
Good luck with your residencia. I suspect it will be quicker & easier for your wife to get into Spain if she travels via a.n.other EU country, e.g. Ireland. You might want to investigate?
Good luck with your residencia. I suspect it will be quicker & easier for your wife to get into Spain if she travels via a.n.other EU country, e.g. Ireland. You might want to investigate?
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I am glass half full, but it is difficult to be optimistic. It is not surprising many in UK follow the dreadful example set by the monarchy, politicians and those with more money than sense.
Good luck with your residencia. I suspect it will be quicker & easier for your wife to get into Spain if she travels via a.n.other EU country, e.g. Ireland. You might want to investigate?
Good luck with your residencia. I suspect it will be quicker & easier for your wife to get into Spain if she travels via a.n.other EU country, e.g. Ireland. You might want to investigate?
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You make the Spanish sound like saints compared to those pesky Brits..
Spain has had three times more fines handed out than the average European country and many times more than those pesky Brits. There was a party of 27 or so people in Cordoba province at the end of May. Setting a bad rxample?
Fingers crossed Spain will get on top of things and you can move on bob.!
Spain has had three times more fines handed out than the average European country and many times more than those pesky Brits. There was a party of 27 or so people in Cordoba province at the end of May. Setting a bad rxample?
Fingers crossed Spain will get on top of things and you can move on bob.!
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You make the Spanish sound like saints compared to those pesky Brits..
Spain has had three times more fines handed out than the average European country and many times more than those pesky Brits. There was a party of 27 or so people in Cordoba province at the end of May. Setting a bad rxample?
Fingers crossed Spain will get on top of things and you can move on bob.!
Spain has had three times more fines handed out than the average European country and many times more than those pesky Brits. There was a party of 27 or so people in Cordoba province at the end of May. Setting a bad rxample?
Fingers crossed Spain will get on top of things and you can move on bob.!
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The UK has so many issues when it comes to this issue. So many have done the right thing and not only complied with the advise that has been given from government but have simply done the right thing and stayed away from others not living with. Unfortunately as always there have been foolish people that have as they always do who have done whatever they want with no regard for anyone. ......
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The paradox is that those who are responsible and cautious are the ones who probably won't want to travel to Greece, or anywhere else on a plane, and spend time in a crowded resort and in bars and restaurants this summer, so I would consider that opening the beaches and hotels is going to attract customers who are more risky than average when it comes to catching and spreading coronavirus.
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It seems to me people are becoming more selfish and I don't like the covert racism toward johnny foreigner. Perhaps it is just me who feels that way, as I get older and being more judgemental?
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The paradox is that those who are responsible and cautious are the ones who probably won't want to travel to Greece, or anywhere else on a plane, and spend time in a crowded resort and in bars and restaurants this summer, so I would consider that opening the beaches and hotels is going to attract customers who are more risky than average when it comes to catching and spreading coronavirus.
Agree.......
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It's not just you I feel the same. However personally I don't think this is simply natural progression. Recent events over last 5+ years and campaigning by groups and factions within our political system have stoked that along with other extreme elements of society BNP, EDL etc. It isn't pleasant in some areas of the UK sadly.
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It's not just you I feel the same. However personally I don't think this is simply natural progression. Recent events over last 5+ years and campaigning by groups and factions within our political system have stoked that along with other extreme elements of society BNP, EDL etc. It isn't pleasant in some areas of the UK sadly.
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I think its always been that way, people can be offensive and aggressive, and the veneer of civilization is very thin. Look at Yugoslavia, where the central government kept law and order for more than 45 years after WWII, and people lived peaceably side by side, but when the government toppled and the justice system collapsed, we saw people attacking and killing therir neighbors, driving them out of their homes and into concentration camps, and then massacring them. The media today is quick to report cases of racist abuse, but I sincerely doubt that it is a recent and/or increasing phenomenon.