GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 26 days agoI run my firm from Spain to save on tax - a capital gains rise would hit us hardinews.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-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 · 26 days agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefunkless_ecklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-226 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-down3·26 days agoWe can always pretend that isn’t true so it isn’t such a neutral term.
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.