The reality of Brexit is starting to hit us all – and even those who voted to leave the EU are getting upset
It seems like only yesterday that half of this country was crying out for freedom.
Every night our tellies would show angry talking heads in Wetherspoons, on Question Time and in the Commons, telling us that if Britain was ever to be great again it had to throw off the shackles of the EU and forge its own independent path. Which it did. Although, the “being great again” bit has yet to come true.
But no worries. At least Britain is a separate entity from the EU, and, as all Leavers wished, it is now legally a third country. So how come many of the same people are now outraged that Brussels respects their democratic will?
From next year the EU is bringing in visas for travellers from all non-EU countries to check they don’t outstay their legally allotted residence slot, leading to pro-Brexit voices calling it “a vengeful, Big Brother” diktat, and a “draconian punishment” which will cause “holiday chaos”. Yet it’s the same type of visa Britons need to travel to the US or Australia.