I'm not saying do exactly the same, but there should be some sort of qualification process.
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I can't see why we couldn't do something similar.
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I'm not saying do exactly the same, but there should be some sort of qualification process.
ETA In my original post I should have said:
I can't see why we couldn't do something similar.
We could and we do.
IIRC wasn't this one of Cameron's last acts before the referendum?
He was trying to get the EU to agree to the UK changing it's benefits policy towards incoming EU nationals.
Cameron's last acts were perhaps an attempt at bamboozling the public into thinking that.
The UK certainly does not and did not need EU approval to change its benefits policy. The reason why the UK can't do the same as Spain (or France, Germany, or anyone) is, because it is run by nincompoops.
To be fair, there's nothing to stop the UK changing it's benefits policy if it is the same for everyone, but to only change it's policy regarding EU nationals would have been against EU rules.
Well, why could Spain do what it did?
Exactly.
Which is why things like restricting benefits, or registering EU citizens addresses are so problematic in the UK, although they are common elsewhere in the EU - you'd have to do it for UK citizens too.
Because it's the same rules for everyone.
You can't take out unless you've paid in.
For example, "dole" money is worked out on how long you have been paying social security. The longer you have paid in the longer you can claim for if you lose your job. Once you have claimed all that you are allowed the money stops. This applies to Spanish citizens as well as EU nationals.
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No, of course not.
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A perception that was not even remotely accurate. Quite the opposite, in fact.
True, and the fact that most immigrants people were complaining about were not from the EU anyway.
However, I still feel the benefits system should be reviewed, for everyone not just immigrants.
The problem with this for the political parties is that any changes to the benefits system is seen as a vote loser. The same with the constant need to be seen to reduce taxes whilst at the same time raising public spending.
They could have, successive governments preferred to whine about EU Rules than actually take action, assuming there was actually a real problem with 'benefit tourism' in the first place.
According to:
https://fullfact.org/immigration/migration-and-welfare-benefits/
there is a qualifying period.
"An EEA citizen who arrives without a job and is still looking for work cannot receive means-tested jobseekers' allowance, child tax credit or child benefit within the first three months, under new regulations that came into force during 2014. These jobseekers must also pass the "habitual residence test" in order to claim. This test considers various factors including the measures they have taken to establish themselves in the UK and find work here."
In truth one has to ask how the UK ended up with such a dysfunctional government. Who are the people ultimately in charge in a democracy?
Britain's big problem is not brexit. It's bad for the economy but it's just a cut. A cut is not an issue. Being a cutter is.
The UK has somehow decided that it's going to assert its independance by engaging in self-harm. Collectively the UK acts like an emo teen.
You could make much the same argument after any election your party lost.
That implies that you believe that the economic impacts of brexit are the same as that of any election. Is that your considered opinion?
What a brilliant solution to the cake conundrum! They found something which you can actually have and eat.
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