Like so many others, I moved from London to Portugal’s capital for the sun, lifestyle – and the tax break. But as tensions rise with struggling locals, many of us are beginning to wonder whether we’re doing more harm than good …
They probably didn’t move there with the intention of doing good to anyone but themselves. So I think this “doing more harm than good" really is just a turn of phrase meaning they realised they did harm and not necessarily a sign of hypocrisy.
They can stay until they decide it doesn’t benefit them anymore. But it was never about doing more good than harm (unless it is to themselves).
They probably didn’t move there with the intention of doing good to anyone but themselves. So I think this “doing more harm than good" really is just a turn of phrase meaning they realised they did harm and not necessarily a sign of hypocrisy.