EU citizenship confusion post-Brexit

WHAT we know about the post-Brexit rights of EU citizens living in the UK, and the rights of UK citizens living in the rest of Europe, amounts to less than a hill of beans.

Whether that will change in the next two years — the timescale for a British withdrawal from European institutions — seems unlikely, much to the joy of lawyers.

With British prime minister (for now), Theresa May, departing on a three-week walking holiday to Switzerland and the Italian Alps (her last jaunt led to a general election, followed by a €1.2bn “bribe” to the DUP), it is perhaps the moment to pause for humour.