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“Welcome to the Brexit, sir” – those were the words now
famously uttered by a Dutch border official to a British driver as he
confiscated his ham sandwiches upon arrival in the Netherlands earlier this
month. The subtext might have been: “your nation voted for this folly – deal
with it”.
Following the completion of the transition period at 11pm on
December 31, when ties between the UK and European Union were severed, the
exchange became an early symbol of Brexit’s
impact – however trivial the moment captured by a Dutch TV crew appeared.
With the freedom of movement for the UK’s people, goods,