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Hi @Channel4News, can we have a chat?
We welcome the fact that you have taken the time to visit the EU and speak to some Brits here. There are at least 1.2 million of us who LIVE here full time. EIGHTY PER CENT of us are under retirement age, we run businesses... 1/
We welcome the fact that you have taken the time to visit the EU and speak to some Brits here. There are at least 1.2 million of us who LIVE here full time. EIGHTY PER CENT of us are under retirement age, we run businesses... 1/
we have families, our kids are in education. We live in all the 27 member states.
Many of us watch C4 News for its in-depth reporting, its unveiling of Brexit lies, its quest for the truth, and we thank you for the great work you have done. 2/
Many of us watch C4 News for its in-depth reporting, its unveiling of Brexit lies, its quest for the truth, and we thank you for the great work you have done. 2/
But yesterday, we let out a collective sigh of despair as we watched you head to the Spanish coast and interview holidaymakers about their holiday homes and pet passports. Instead of talking about how Dave, the pensioner, cannot sleep at night and is petrified... 3/ 
that he will lose his S1 and the reciprocal healthcare rights it brings, today everyone is laughing at Bill and Dave, the holidaymakers who voted leave. @C4Ciaran did a good job explaining what losing the S1 means, but no-one is listening, you topped & tailed with Bill&Dave. 4/
Over 100,000 pensioners as well as other working families covered by the scheme are being left in the cold by this announcement. For over 2 years they have already worried and they have 49 days left before the worst could happen. Stress is having a huge impact on health... 5/
and mental well-being. And you gave us Bill and his dog and Dave and his holiday home. You saw we have had no support from the government - you saw the quality of information we are being given, but you topped & tailed it with Bill&Dave. 6/
So please, come back over the Channel and don't fall for the holidaymakers on the Spanish coast stereotype. Don't reinforce the false image of Brits in the EU. Don't help people dismiss our very real worries that lives are at risk. 7/
The real story needs to be told and it needs to be told fairly. Most important of all, please don't play it for laughs, there is nothing funny about our situation. People should be talking about Dave not getting his life-saving meds, not laughing... 8/
at holidaymakers Bill&Dave voting leave. And finally. please drop the expats label. We are British citizens living in the EU.
Feel free to get in touch if you need help finding representative Brits living in the EU. ENDS
Feel free to get in touch if you need help finding representative Brits living in the EU. ENDS
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