What does “Brexit uncertainty” mean? Someone working in the NHS should see there are very many non-EU immigrants working in the NHS. Therefore it is not beyond the wit of man that EU citizens will remain employable by the NHS. If, for instance, they are worried about the future of the NHS why not say so?
On the money reason, really? The euro has traded between 1.5 and parity over the past 10 years. Up and down all the time long before Brexit. Why now, this moment? Have they been hit like all the other NHS employees? Tight wage claims? Negative pension changes? HMRC tax and NI changes? Are these the real reasons for the increase in Spanish pay competitiveness? If so, say so. Ditto environmental factors, do Timak’s mates live with him in Cambridge? Are they frustrated by the horrendous cost of housing in the area? Inability to buy a home? The cost of living would be cheaper almost anywhere in the UK but Cambridge. Have they made a mint and cashing out? Who knows? No one because Timak hasn’t told us.
It was a banal meaningless anecdote.