27/07/2016 00:00
It was interesting to hear the views of British citizens about the British pull-out from the European Union at an event organised by the British Consulate and Calvia town hall on Tuesday afternoon. Obviously there is much concern but at the end of the day British citizens have been in this situation before. I moved to Majorca shortly after the last referendum in Britain on Europe. In those days it was called the Common Market and Britain's membership was only narrowly approved.
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So..... Real Mallorca Football Club wants British fans to feel at home ? For many years, there has been an increasing following of the club by Brits, with many ( including myself ) buying season tickets year after year. So far, we have been almost ignored by the Club. The match programs have no information in English. In fact it is mostly in Catalan, not even in Spanish. The Club website has an English option but the information given there is nowhere near as comprehensive or up to date as the Spanish option. Yes, we are in Spain but, if British fans are to be encouraged and made welcome, we need more information. And what about meat pies at half time ?
Yes we should certainly stay calm but that was not what you were saying not so long ago! Hopefully we may even be able to get back those very useful residence permits that we used to have and which were 'banned' after some British newcomers somewhere in Spain objected about them to the EU!"In 1975 the British Community on Mallorca was far larger"? Do you have figures to back that up! Percentage-wise undoubtedly as back then most foreigners were ether British, German or Scanindavian, but in actual numbers I very much doubt there were anything like as many British people residing on the island then as there are today.