See, I would have thought you'd have been safer the other way around? No. Without getting into details, a government implementing the manifesto that Labour published would have utterly ruined me and my family, also most of the people I know including the clients I rely on for work. Actually I don't think I'm being hyperbolic to say the whole economy would have crashed within hours of a Corbyn-led government taking over, simply because so many people would have been trying to get every penny they could out of the country as fast as possible. This doesn't relate to Brexit but his domestic policy. If it ever happens, I will have to hope I am wrong.
Brexit is really complex and there is so much misinformation out there. I keep myself very well informed (or I did until two weeks ago, I've cut myself off because I was starting to get panic attacks) but one thing I've realised is nobody on the planet understands all of it, or can completely pick out the real facts from all the misunderstandings, biases and propaganda.
One thing you can spread to any worried friends who might listen is that any EU national who has been in the country more than 3 years on March 29th 2017 is 100% guaranteed to be okay, because their rights are already guaranteed under international treaties that are completely separate to the EU. This fact has not been spread as widely as it should be and it really should be made as widely known as possible because it would give a lot of comfort and reassurance to some people who have been needlessly scared by alarmists.
My own instinct is that the other 15% who have been here for less than three years will also be alright because I really can't imagine any scenario by which they would be penalised. But of course we can't outright say that until the deal is done. The signs are good that the EU also understand that people must come first and be negotiated before any talk about trade deals, I am confident they will stick to that since it seems to be one of their chief concerns.
But of course it must be very scary for the people involved. It will be alright, but the waiting must be horrible :(
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No. Without getting into details, a government implementing the manifesto that Labour published would have utterly ruined me and my family, also most of the people I know including the clients I rely on for work. Actually I don't think I'm being hyperbolic to say the whole economy would have crashed within hours of a Corbyn-led government taking over, simply because so many people would have been trying to get every penny they could out of the country as fast as possible. This doesn't relate to Brexit but his domestic policy. If it ever happens, I will have to hope I am wrong.
Brexit is really complex and there is so much misinformation out there. I keep myself very well informed (or I did until two weeks ago, I've cut myself off because I was starting to get panic attacks) but one thing I've realised is nobody on the planet understands all of it, or can completely pick out the real facts from all the misunderstandings, biases and propaganda.
One thing you can spread to any worried friends who might listen is that any EU national who has been in the country more than 3 years on March 29th 2017 is 100% guaranteed to be okay, because their rights are already guaranteed under international treaties that are completely separate to the EU. This fact has not been spread as widely as it should be and it really should be made as widely known as possible because it would give a lot of comfort and reassurance to some people who have been needlessly scared by alarmists.
My own instinct is that the other 15% who have been here for less than three years will also be alright because I really can't imagine any scenario by which they would be penalised. But of course we can't outright say that until the deal is done. The signs are good that the EU also understand that people must come first and be negotiated before any talk about trade deals, I am confident they will stick to that since it seems to be one of their chief concerns.
But of course it must be very scary for the people involved. It will be alright, but the waiting must be horrible :(