For the demographic in question, it's definitely not the food. Many of them refuse to eat "foreign muck". :|

My experience of British pensioners on the continent is that they are overall very pleasant people to be around and do contribute to local life, even if it sometimes includes opening a pub next to the local café. Not all of them are living caricatures in Benidorm, far from it.

Yes, in my other comment I make fun of their cuisine but it’s all good sport.

I grew up in south west France. A lot of properties or village even would have disappeared without rich Londoner. I don’t resend them a bit. Even the more obtuse one.

Well, British cuisine is fair game.

Really? Hilarious, given the sorry state of the English cuisine. Idk, maybe I’m heavily biased as French.

British food these days seems fine to me as a visitor but certainly somewhat different from Spain. Sunnier/warmer weather, lower prices, and generally more laid-back lifestyle would make sense to me however.

British food is just the same as Spanish food.

Britain: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/in-your-area/new-mcd...

Spain: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mcdonalds-madrid-spain-p...