Perhaps you did not vote to Leave the European Union – or perhaps you did but are now having second thoughts?
Keep the faith. Two years ago this month, the previous government proclaimed The Benefits of Brexit in a 105-page document.
So you didn’t have to, I delved deep into the brimming book of delights – which I called BoB for short – to identify all the travel highlights.
As you will have observed, since leaving the EU we have acquired “a simpler, better railway”. The main rail unions, which campaigned enthusiastically for Brexit, can celebrate that fact along with us lucky passengers.
“Brexit is enabling us to improve the experience of UK air travellers,” the government asserted – and spelt out the key benefits. They hardly need stating, since the transformation has been so clear to us all. But just to quote BoB, the airline passenger now benefits from:
- reduced prices
- improved service quality
- increased protection
Tick.
One aspect that BoB did not dwell upon (perhaps because of the natural modesty and understatement of Brexiteers) was the wonders that we have achieved with passports and border crossings. It is high time they got credit for what they have achieved.
Arch-Brexiteer and the first Brexit secretary, David Davis, was spot on when he assured us: “There will be no downside to Brexit, only a considerable upside.”
Today I want to celebrate the way that the eurocrats in Brussels have caved in to our demands for more red tape.
After the democratic vote to leave the European Union, Boris Johnson’s government prepared an “oven-ready deal” that made key demands on the EU. We insisted on becoming “third-country nationals”, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the travelling folk of Venezuela, Tonga and Paraguay as we queue for passport control.
As you may have experienced yourself, we have won the right to spend more time with our passports while waiting to be stamped in and out of the Schengen Area.
Our newly acquired status as third-country nationals also secured an entitlement to spend less time in the European Union. Frankly, 90 days in any 180 days is more than enough to spend in Spain, France, Greece, etc.
To the credit of the steadfast negotiating team who trounced Michel Barnier and his team, they have reinvented the golden…
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