Brexit; what now?

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Watching David squirm out of this trap he set himself will put me in a good humour

I hope they don't leave the EU. Maybe UK should have just joined NAFTA like Thatcher wanted. Would have saved us 15 years of whinging (sp?)

Recall that citizens of NAFTA members need visas if they want to live and/or work in France or Spain (in addition to still needing the visas to live and work in other NAFTA countries).

I suggest, all those Brits in Alicante get themselves informed ASAP.

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I suggest, all those Brits in Alicante get themselves informed ASAP.

There are municipalities in Alicante where Brits are a large part of their population, and they represent a majority at least in one. EU citizens are eligible to vote in local elections and, as far as I know, Britons sometimes take advantage to exercise their influence.

However, as far as I'm concerned, the UK can leave the EU. The Union is unworkable in its current shape and the model is entirely dysfunctional. I'd go to a two-speed model or something.

I presume, you will then have those Alicante Brits deported, as "non-comunitarios"?

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I presume, you will then have those Alicante Brits deported, as "non-comunitarios"?

I have met several retired Brits living here and, as a general rule, they are kind and polite people. Right now I have a neighbour born in Jerusalem, he's so old that by then the city belonged to the Palestinian mandate and is a Brit citizen. Why should I want to get them deported? Another question are the hooligan hordes flooding places like Salou or Magaluf, next to Palma de Mallorca. They are not residents, just vandals visiting us for a few days for binge drinking.

What would be the grounds for having these non-comunitarios live in Spain?