GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 8 days agoI run my firm from Spain to save on tax - a capital gains rise would hit us hardinews.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkI run my firm from Spain to save on tax - a capital gains rise would hit us hardinews.co.ukGreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days agoI don’t how being an ex-patriot is a good thing for those of a nationalistic bent.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-27 days agoI can’t tell if you’re joking but it’s an abbreviation of patriate not patriot > same root but patriot implies liking or serving the country and patriate - from patria - just means “from that country”
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·7 days agoWe can always pretend that isn’t true so it isn’t such a neutral term.
I don’t how being an ex-patriot is a good thing for those of a nationalistic bent.
I can’t tell if you’re joking but it’s an abbreviation of patriate not patriot > same root but patriot implies liking or serving the country and patriate - from patria - just means “from that country”
We can always pretend that isn’t true so it isn’t such a neutral term.