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Brexiteers dismissive claims about expats in Spain have aged terribly

Kate PlummerApr 07, 2021 Getty Images They say life comes at you fast. And it certainly has done for Brexiteers who made a premature and slightly too optimistic forecast about the future of Brits living in Spain post-Brexit. An old tweet by a pro-Brexit campaign group is circulating again after being exposed for predicting the exact opposite outcome for this group. Writing on Twitter on 2019, Leave.EU dismissed fears about the consequences for Brits in the country after Brexit and said it was “time to ignore the dishonest doom-mongers” who were responsible for “Project Fear”. They claimed British expats in Spain would see no impact from Britain’s departure from the EU. But is has since been revealed that the certainty of Brits in Spain’s continued residence is far from simple and many are being forced to return to England, as pointed out by journalist Otto English.Er lads - @LeaveEUOfficial https://t.co/1FhprD9zF8 — Otto English (@Otto English) 1617718165 Indeed, under the Withdrawal Agreement, anyone living in Spain who is not registered to do may be fined or even banned from returning to the country. Read more:Fitness influencer spots man’s sinister behaviour in gym mirror – and TikTok is horrifiedPiers Morgan tried to criticise The Wire and it didn’t go wellRestaurant manager under fire for praising staff who called customers ‘two very annoying Asians’ on receiptWaitress quits on the spot after customer refuses to put on a mask in a restaurantChinese takeaway goes viral for savage responses to customers Conditions that have to be met to gain residency include earning an income of £21,000 a year – ruling out thousands of UK pensioners living in Spain. Ironically, over-65s were more than twice as likely as under-25s to have voted to leave the European Union in 2016. And, reacting to the irony, it seems some people are far from sympathetic about their plight.@Otto_English @LeaveEUOfficial Keeping the lie going is very much their goal. — WildFire Ultra (@WildFire Ultra) 1617733117@Otto_English @LeaveEUOfficial There's always a Tweet as they say... — Brexit: Still a shit idea (@Brexit: Still a shit idea ) 1617718491@Otto_English @LeaveEUOfficial It's what they campaigned for. They wanted immigrants to be sent home. Seems that's what they have got — Leinad Yerots* (@Leinad Yerots*) 1617732554 Perhaps they should have listened to the doom-mongers after all.

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