I pay my taxes in the UK - hence, I want the UK government to guarantee my rights to stay here, to openly say that yes, my work here is appreciated and will be protected.
I do not agree with the sentiment that UK should wait until EU guarantees the same thing for UK citizens - because that's exactly what's turning me into a bargaining chip.
Either I am welcome here, or I am not - it cannot be a conditional thing.
My other concern is that the Polish government has repeatedly expressed hopes that all Poles would come back and work in their home country - so there is a real concern they will be dicks when it comes to offering rights to UK citizens, in hope that UK retaliates and doesn't give Poles in the UK rights to stay.
The government has to look after both groups.
Also, you need to take anything the UK government says with a grain of salt. Once upon a time, what looked like a promise to invest 350M into the NHS after Brexit appeared to be nothing but a political ploy.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/10/brexit-camp...
Why not? Why do people expect the UK to act unilaterally but not EU countries? It's a double-standard.
> Also, you need to take anything the UK government says with a grain of salt.
I do. None of the EU leaders (or foreign press) has contested the UK's accounting of this. i.e. the UK has tried to have this sorted before article 50, but elements of the EU said no.
No, it is not a double standard. The UK is the one that will trigger unilaterally the Article 50 and they want the cake and eat it.
> None of the EU leaders (or foreign press) has contested the UK's accounting of this
Why they should? They are not the ones leaving the EU