Re: In case anyone wonders where the EU got its reputation for thoughtless bureaucracy....
While it's true you don't have to live with Brexit, you do have to live with an overarching bureaucracy that has completely, utterly abandoned the concepts of pragmatism and compassion.
Except you elected yours.
Mind you, it's been 3 days since a massive, multi-billion dollar fiasco for no purpose ended (probably temporarily), so perhaps your memory is going...