LIFING IN SPANISH TV
After 20 years here, this is where I feel I belong, but I still enjoy British TV and a cup of tea,” she told i.īefore the next UK general election, she hopes the UK Government will honour a pledge to repeal the rule which bars Britons abroad from voting if they have lived overseas more than 15 years. “Living in another country and appreciating its culture doesn’t mean you should turn your back on your own. She says Britons abroad are a more complex tribe than one that can simply be divided into expats and migrants. Helen Johnston, of the campaign group Bremain in Spain, lives in Benicarló, north of Valencia. It is all so stupid, but it is fixable,” he said.ĭespite his new nationality, he confesses to missing hot cross buns, Tesco’s ginger beer and tomato puree. “It is more a sense of disappointment at everything that has happened. John Bentley is campaigning to reverse Brexit (Photo: Supplied) He campaigns to reverse Brexit but says that is not because he is anti-British. I don’t see myself like other British people in England but I would not dare say I am a Spaniard to a Spaniard,” he said. “Do I regard myself as a Spaniard? I think I am somewhere between the two. Three years later, he swore allegiance to King Felipe VI and is officially Spanish. In 2016, he vowed to get a Spanish passport if the UK voted for Brexit. He speaks the language with his Spanish wife. John Bentley, a teacher who lives in Barcelona but who is originally from Halifax in Yorkshire, has lived in Spain for 28 years. So, the British people end up living together.”
“Part of the reason is some developers build urbanisations (housing estates) and go to Manchester or Liverpool to try to sell them. “According to our study, we have found that more Britons live in these cultural bubbles where there is only English spoken and British people, than those Britons who live in cities and integrate with Spaniards,” Dr Giner told i. World Barcelona residents say they're being forced out by influx of British 'digital nomads' Read More
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