It certainly does. It’s why the terms “resident”, “lawfully resident”, “ordinarily resident”, and “fiscally” or “tax resident” might all mean different things in different countries and at different times.

A part year resident might have permanence over a long enough time period. This might be a life they’ve built over many years or decades.

Others like @francevisafree.bsky.social @bremaininspain.com @stayeuropean.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk @marchforrejoin.co.uk @lizwebster.bsky.social @yem1.bsky.social @grassrootsforeurope.org are all doing similar great work too advocating for better people mobility & RejoinEU / SM.

That’s the whole problem isn’t it? Some people are only just discovering after 5 years that the withdrawal agreement didn’t protect them despite doing everything asked of them. That’s one of the the problems @francevisafree.bsky.social is trying to fix. It matters. Politicians failed them.

It’s incredibly awkward. People who resided lawfully before Brexit (some working) had all their rights taken away overnight and were told to make do with arrangements designed for holidaymakers. This is what @francevisafree.bsky.social and @180daysinspain.bsky.social are trying to fix.

Not upset by it. I think dual citizenship is great and enables a great many people to avoid ill effects of Brexit. Sad that some people can’t also have it.

It is sad, but it’s also reality You don’t even need to have dual citizenship being married or in a legally recognised relationship with a citizen of the union gives 3rd country people very similar mobility privileges Your campaign to make those privileges available to all of us needs to succeed

It is self evident that any British citizen who also holds an Irish passport is better off and able to bypass Schengen border rules like 90/180. Brexit therefore undeniably hurt some Britons more than others.

You have totally missed the point . There is no objection to the British citizens securing an Irish passport it is lawful. The central point is that there are some British citizens who are more disadvantaged than others through Brexit.

Indeed but as is widely known since Brexit there are folk who have trawled their ancestry in search of a Irish link ( or other EU Country ) in order to secure an Irish passport ( or other) in order to secure Eu citizenship & therefore by pass 90/180. All lawful.

Absolutely no need to do that . Whether it’s an Irish , German , French , Hungarian passport that is also held the British citizen who holds these is also a EU citizen . Lawful ! Fact! So drop the abuse .

No one has called out the Anglo-Irish community . You are simply seeking conflict where non exists.

In 2014 the EU Commission proposed that a new a legal instrument be introduced to authorise stays in the Schengen area longer than the current 90 days per 180 days limitation should be introduced for a specific group that included the creative artists , musicians & the retired ?

Then read more carefully and seek clarification before making allegations.

Reform UK, which says it represents “change” from Conservative failures, has so far accepted defections from: - A disgraced Tory minister sacked for tax-dodging - Disgraced Tory vice chairman suspended for racism - Disgraced former minister suspended for abandoning constituents for a reality TV gig

An interesting read that outlines the challenges & difficulties in any Brexit Reset. While the charge of cherry picking is popular among our critics even this article shows a glimmer of a different view . Where the EU sees a benefit it will compromise. ukandeu.ac.uk/new-year-sam...

The 90-in-180-day problem isn’t about holidays. It’s about care, work, homes, and binning a normal cross-border life people lawfully had for decades. Mocking that loss doesn’t make you right. It makes you small. #MobilityMatters

If your argument against fixing the 90-in-180-day problem is “well, that’s Brexit”, you’re not defending reality. You’re defending policy failure and calling it maturity. Some of us prefer solutions. #FixBrexit

In 2014 the EU Commission proposed that a new a legal instrument be introduced to authorise stays in the Schengen area longer than the current 90 days per 180 days limitation should be introduced for a specific group that included the creative artists , musicians & the retired ?

In 2014 the EU Commission recognised that for for some third country nationals the 90/180 rule was a problem & that there was a vacuum in terms of a lawful or viable way to lawfully extend the stay of some people who include the retired . The Commission proposed to solve this .

Brexit fractured people to people contacts . A Brexit Reset can repair those wounds . With both the Eu & UK supporting closer human ties one way to achieve this is to make the short stay 90 day visa waiver longer .Dogma & entrenched positions are the only barrier to change .

Why the 90/180 rule needs to change. In May 2025 EU &UK committed to supporting people-to-people contacts. The EU generally wants to reinforce ties between people across the European continent.

Issuing more multiple-entry visas with longer validity periods leads to significant "efficiency gains". By allowing longer or more flexible stays, member states can reduce the administrative burden and costs of the high volume of visas

In an evaluation of the Visa Code the European Commission explicitly acknowledged that the 90-day limit is a "problem" for certain categories of travelers, including students, researchers, artists, culture professionals, and pensioners.

With the majority of Inward and Outward UK visitor traffic with the Schengen zone there is every reason to have a comprehensive mobility or common travel agreement between the EU & UK.

Solving the 90in 180 days problem is about making lives better . It’s about improving the life of the creative artist, the lorry driver, the coach driver, the families with cross border lives.

Hundreds of thousands of lives with a cross border life disrupted without regard to the circumstances. No lawful way for a cross border life built up over decades to be maintained . The absence of reciprocity. Pre existing high volume visitor traffic between EU & U.K.. All equal reasons for change.

To those that change is impossible ignore the fact nothing in the EU treaties is set in stone . Arrangements evolve . Moreover, change is already taking place eg a youth mobility scheme.

Hundreds of thousands of lives with a cross border life disrupted without regard to the circumstances. No lawful way for a cross border life built up over decades to be maintained . The absence of reciprocity. Pre existing high volume visitor traffic between EU & U.K.. All equal reasons for change.

Solving the 90in 180 days problem is about making lives better . It’s about improving the life of the creative artist, the lorry driver, the coach driver, the families with cross border lives.

With the majority of Inward and Outward UK visitor traffic with the Schengen zone there is every reason to have a comprehensive mobility or common travel agreement between the EU & UK.

A 90 day visa waiver for a rolling 180 days shared across 29 counties in comparison to a 6 month visa waiver on each every visit is not reciprocity .

If a French or Spanish or Italian citizen can visit and stay in the UK for 6 months without need for a visa and pose no threat to the integrity of the UK or undermine border security why limit the UK citizen visiting the EU to a 90 day visa waiver shared across 29 countries for a rolling 180 days ?

With a life in the UK & a EU member state that poses no threat to the integrity of the single market or border security why limit the freedom to visit or stay?

Addressing the real life impact of Brexit on the many who have cross border lives. Instead of binary thinking or asking why not make A, B or C your primary residence recognise lives are more complex. 40 plus years of EU membership have seen people build lives that transcend borders.

The road to rejoining will come through a closer relationship developed through discussion, agreement and compromise. The Brexit Treaties recognise that this is possible . It does not mean accepting Brexit but it does mean there is more than one way to skin a cat.

Brexit has damaged the UK and made lives for many more difficult . To some the solutions are simple. To others it’s an excuse to continually criticise the UK & undermine any efforts or call for change. Rejoining the EU would be welcome but challenging.

Some Brexit harms are loud. Others are quiet, bureaucratic, and therefore easier to dismiss — until you live them.

Brexit is often discussed as a moral drama. In reality, it’s an administrative disaster with human consequences.

Staying in the EEA isn’t cherry picking. If you think that then any negotiated outcome is cherry picking. What about the EU’s youth mobility scheme? Is that cherry picking? Or horizon? Or erasmus+?

By way of a reminder there were alternative Brexit ideas that the UK could have sought : stephenkinnock.co.uk/common-marke...

Another cabinet minister acknowledges that the economy will only recover if we repair our relationship with Europe www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Article 20 TFEU made EU citizenship additional to national citizenship, not conditional on politics. If rights are individual, how can they be revoked by a single plebiscite? #EUCitizenship

Losing Freedom of Movement wasn’t abstract. It was birthdays missed. Jobs refused. Homes left empty. Lives put on hold — indefinitely.

Millions of Brits exercised EU free movement lawfully for decades. Brexit retroactively stripped those rights, disrupting lives already built. Isn’t that precisely what legal certainty is meant to prevent?

“Finally, Labour is finding its nerve and getting Britain’s bad Brexit deal undone” says Polly Toynbee www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Shocked that one of East Anglia Bylines writers behaves so abusively online to me and others. The name doesn’t tally up to anyone official in Brussels. No trace of him online. So who is he?

Niall's is a fake account. The guy's an anti-English bigot. And nobody's asking for anything at the moment - that's the problem. The 'demanding special treatment' thing is a figment of his imagination. Rejoiners certainly aren't demanding it. Niall couldn't produce any evidence for it. None

Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal. We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.