IT HAS been said that the British government must pay some billions of pounds (or Euros?) as the cost of completing the Brexit negotiations.
While I have no doubt that there will be some immediate monetary responsibility to be upheld I am left puzzled by one quite simple question.
For a good number of years visitors from overseas have found it convenient to come to Britain to seek and receive treatment free of charge leaving the NHS with a huge deficit.
My wife and I went to Spain and even though she had suffered a life-changing injury, requiring hospitalisation, she received no treatment without her insurance credentials being thoroughly checked.
My point, therefore, is this: why don’t we deduct all that the NHS is owed in medical fees from the total amount that we owe to the remaining EU members?
For the record, I have worked abroad and have no problems with genuine workers coming here only to return, as I did, when the contract ceased.
I am not being xenophobic when I write this but I do detest injustice and as they say: “What’s sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander”.
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