Thread: Why is denigration of the Spanish dream by the UK media in vogue?

Why is denigration of the Spanish dream by the UK media in vogue? If only through advertising contracts it is as pro-Government as is the Iranian media? There’s an estimated 200,000 Britons fleeing Britain each year; many of them are young professionals.
This haemorrhage is costing the BBC alone £20 million a year in lost licence fees. In the UK, direct and indirect taxes consume roughly 50 per-cent of income. An emigrating 35-year old couple, on a combined income of £100,000 a year, will result in a revenue loss of £1.5 million to the British government over thirty years.
There is an estimated million ex-pats living in Spain: a figure probably trebled by those living in places other than Spain. All their expenditure, with taxes, are now going to non-UK governments.
In Britain, multiple interests are appalled at the number of customers they are losing to foreign climes. There is an imbalance too as most of those flooding in to Britain are unproductive and reliant on state aid. Those flooding out in equal numbers are taxpayers. It isn’t rocket science. Britain is heading for broke – fast. They are desperate to plug the hole.

Some truth in that I guess Micheal, but lets not forget that Spain clearly shot themselves in the foot with the land grab issue that gave a good deal of fuel for the media in the first instance (did it not?)

Brian

Agreed! Spain, like the UK is brilliant when it comes to shooting itself in the foot. That was a classic own goal and the UK media took full advantage of i: Wild exaggerations too.
The same poison-pen scribes won't be mentioning that only 1/200 were effected. Nor will they mention that in the vast majority of cases, local authorities changed their status to legal.

as someone once said "why let facts get in the way of a good story"

Don't worry, Michael, the press will pick on someone, some other country soon and leave us alone.

he is part of the press anis

..oops I should have kept up on the posts more but have been busy marrying off my daughter

Oh stressful time but hope it all went to plan and they had a great day :-)

I did my official 'handing over the credit card' when my daughter got married in April. I had a letter of thanks from my bank!!!!!!!