People living in the Middle East

Tuliptree

Allira

seasider
I have friends working for the UK government in the ME . They pay normal UK tax . Not everyone is a tax dodging ex-pat .
I was going to post that not all are tax dodgers!
Some might be students on gap years too.

This point was covered posts ago. People working abroad for UK govt are not expats. They are Crown Servants as I already explained and are not the subject of this thread

Whatever.

You are not in control of what is posted.

Tuliptree

Allira

seasider
I have friends working for the UK government in the ME . They pay normal UK tax . Not everyone is a tax dodging ex-pat .
I was going to post that not all are tax dodgers!
Some might be students on gap years too.

This point was covered posts ago. People working abroad for UK govt are not expats. They are Crown Servants as I already explained and are not the subject of this thread

Are you in charge of the thread?
People can post what they wish within guidelines.

Allira

Tuliptree
Allira

seasider
I have friends working for the UK government in the ME . They pay normal UK tax . Not everyone is a tax dodging ex-pat .
I was going to post that not all are tax dodgers!
Some might be students on gap years too.

This point was covered posts ago. People working abroad for UK govt are not expats. They are Crown Servants as I already explained and are not the subject of this thread
Are you in charge of the thread?
People can post what they wish within guidelines.

I was merely observing that the issue of not paying UK taxes does not apply to Crown Servants and if had already been explained on this thread Thus it’s completely irrelevant to the main point of the thread which is about expats and paying for repatriation costs - which most people seem to agree with.

Allira

Freya5

Seemingly a nasty judgemental lot on here. Still that's socialism for you. Did you spout the same when we had to bring over a load of Afghanis because they were caught in a war. No I guess you didn't.

I was a bit 😲 when a load of dogs were brought over from Afghanistan and people left behind.

Afghan hounds perchance?🧐

Oreo

Allira

Freya5

Seemingly a nasty judgemental lot on here. Still that's socialism for you. Did you spout the same when we had to bring over a load of Afghanis because they were caught in a war. No I guess you didn't.

I was a bit 😲 when a load of dogs were brought over from Afghanistan and people left behind.

Afghan hounds perchance?🧐

Operation Ark, Oreo

It was the charity started by ex Royal Marine Pen Farthing, the Nowzad charity, which evacuated cats and dogs in a private? charter plane, along with staff from the charity.

It just made me feel uncomfortable to know that dogs and cats were evacuated when desperate people were left behind.

The Taliban kill cats and dogs so maybe that was the thinking behind it?At least the staff were taken out too, so that’s something.
It was awful seeing the terrified families scrabbling to get near a plane to take them away, that’s how very ghastly the thought of living with the Taliban is.

I know, and I like dogs and tolerate cats (even like some!) but couldn't put one before a human.
Well, some humans.

I’m a dog lover, and genuinely love my children’s dogs, but would have to sacrifice them to save the life of a human - even a stranger. It would hurt beyond measure, but ultimately there would be no contest. It’s just the right thing to do.

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