Karl wrote:Grumpy David wrote:I have dual nationality with Ireland (both parents born there) but haven't bothered to get an Irish passport. Apparently Irish passport office has been swamped for the last year with applications.
So just to be clear about his personal circumstances - of which he has informed us with some glee in this very thread - David won't be personally affected if the economy tanks because he has international investments, and he won't be personally affected by losing the individual perks of EU citizenship because he's a dual citizen. I hope everyone is sure to understand his support for Brexit in that context.
My opinion that we should leave the EU goes back to at least 2008 when I was doing my A Levels, if not further back to when Ireland were made to vote again on the Lisbon treaty. This was way before I had any savings/full time employment. I originally only mentioned the surprise that my Vanguard fund was doing so well as a contrast to the articles in June last year with stock market drops showing. I only ever mentioned the percentage change, not the total value, it's not like I have an inflation linked annuity and don't have to work! Moggy has posted far more about my ISA than I have as he's successfully meme'd it.
As also mentioned back in May or June, I work in a job/industry that I expected would be impacted worse than other jobs/industries. I still voted for Leave because I genuinely believe it will be best for the country rather than what might have been in my own self-interest for job security.
I can only speak English so my options for working in EU states is limited, not to mention, most places are doing worse than us and I can't see that changing whilst being shackled to the Euro. I'd only have Ireland as a viable option, to which the CTA applied before we ever joined the EU so anyone British has indefinite right to live and work in Ireland.