"the obvious solution would be to say that this rule takes effect a year or two after the UK has actually left the EU."
How long is it since EURid first said that .eu domains must be registered to an EU address? It's 3 years and 3 months since the vote to leave, so I'd suggest that anyone in the UK affected should have been planning for this eventuality for quite some time by now.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
