[kristinn]

Remain calm. All is well.

[muawiyah]

So, Spain has, in addition to a million Moslems, a million Brits.

All I can say is they are really losing it ~ have to ask yourself WHO WON THE WAR.

[cloudmountain]

I always wonder about expats putting all their eggs in one basket, particularly a foreign one. Why not hedge their bets and keep it half and half? Or better yet, keep their money HOME and draw from it when needed. With today's communications that's not difficult.

They are asking for trouble by doing that...and probably the Spanish and Portuguese banks offer high interest to lure them into thinking the banks there are safe.

Tsk. What can the British government do? They can't refund them the money they lost there.

[GeronL]

Maybe if Spain collapses it would be easier and cheaper to announce those million expats on their own.

/sarcasm

[Former Proud Canadian]

Well, really, it isn't. The Brits are getting ready for a European financial collapse. The UK government expects, at least, Greece, Portugal and Spain to experience bank runs and closures. They are getting their banks, their financial systems, and their people ready for that eventuality.

Well, I guess there are a few firewalls to burn through before it gets to us, it will take a couple of years, but it will get hot here.

[Clemenza]

Maybe if Britain collapses, they will realize how truly insignificant to the world they are (ducks).

[SWAMPSNIPER]

The EU was a stupid experiment, doomed to fail from the start.

[GreatRoad]

If the UK is doing a financial Dunkirk, can the US have a political Mulligan? Please?

[familyop]

Attentions will turn to our US debt again next year, and next year comes very quickly.

[cicero2k]

Something similar is going on here. California has declared millions of State employees millionaires, even though the state does not have the money. A 100K pension makes you a millionaire.

So the state runs a deficit each year. They pass an artificial budget and revenues unexpectedly miss. Eventually the will look for the Feds to make them whole. States like Colorado for example, will then pay for these millionaires.

Fair eh?

[Lockbar]

[justa-hairyape]

Are they gonna evacuate them out of Gibraltar ?

[FlyVet]

My pessimistic mind is amazed, if this is true, that Brit politicians care this much about expat citizens.

I wouldn't expect as much from U.S. pols. "Yer on yer own. Too bad, so sad."