EU and Spain “ON HOLD”
The News/views Magazine ABOUT and FOR Jávea - you can hold in your hand F
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ALL REVVED-UP and nowhere to go. Still no majority winner in Spain, and it will probably fall to King Felipe to call ‘the person most likely’ and instruct them to form a Government. With LEAVE, BREXIT and UKIP winning the most votes in the UK Referendum on EU membership, David Cameron decides to “throw in the towel” and it looks as though Teresa May will be accepted the PM’s POISON CHALLICE. Those - winner or loser - in the Referendum will be livid if she activates Article 50 or whether she doesn’t. Boris wants no part of this “Lose Lose” situation and will laugh all the way to replace the next PM when public opinion forces them out of office. But then again “I love a story with a happy ending”. CR
120 Barristers clarify Brexit
Dear Prime Minister 1. The referendum result must be acknowledged. 2. Our legal opinion is that the referendum is advisory. The European Referendum Act does not make it legally binding. 3. Our opinion is that in order to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, there must first be primary legislation. 4. It is of the utmost importance that the legislative process is informed by an objective understanding as to the benefits, costs and risks of triggering Article 50. The reasons for this include the following:
a. There is evidence that the result of the referendum result was influenced by misrepresentations of fact and promises that could not be delivered. Since the result was only narrowly in favour of Brexit, it cannot be discounted that the misrepresentations and promises were a decisive or contributory factor in the result. b. The parliamentary vote must not be similarly affected. c. The referendum did not set a threshold necessary to leave the EU, commonly adopted in polls of national importance, e.g. 60% of those voting. Full text at Oasis Centre
Winter Fuel Allowance
If you have received a Mandatory Registration Notice, please bring it to the OASIS HELP CENTRE from where we are continuing our campaign for justice. IF we accept that our Summer temperature exceeds that in Devon and invalidates our application, it MUST also be the case that the DWP gives the WFA to the coldest parts of Spain where Brits have chosen to live. The UK can choose to meddle with and interpret EU freedom of movement legislation, but it CANNOT be ignored.
RESIDENCIA EASIER TO APPLY
It is now possible to book an appointment to apply for your ‘Residencia’. It's become a one trip deal now, after applying online, as long as you have the required paperwork with you. Follow this link TinyURL.com/ MarinaAltaResidencia We could not load beyond the top heading, but your experience may be different. We were told to try ‘Explorer’ rather than Chrome or Safari.
Nº 39
July/August 2016
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Donating your body is NOT that easy Donating one’s body for medical research was a selfless way of helping trainee doctors, in the years before funeral plans and Englishspeaking undertakers. It has also been chosen for the ‘last journey’ by people who begrudge the (exorbitant - according to some claims) cost of a cremation, and the Department of Human Anatomy in San Juan has a surplus of cadavers, and an ever-increasing monthly bill from Undertakers for transportation from the place of death to the university department.
These developments have brought changes. Donors still alive, have received a demand itemising the consequences and enclosing updated paperwork in English for the donor to sign and have witnessed. The Department can no longer afford to ‘buy’ donated bodies - the ‘cost’ of moving the cadaver charged by an undertaker. There have always been exceptions, where donors once dead - were rejected, leaving the family to cope with decisions they’d never discussed with the donor. Continued on page 8
BRINGING YOU THE FOODS
BIGGER
The store looks
The stock is more
EXTENSIVE
And the frozen food is
EASIER TO FIND
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