Egg wrote:Sure, it'll make it harder for a Brit to move to an EU country and vice versa, but that's hardly the end of the world.
Maybe you don't care about that, but it is the number 1 concern for me. It is completely wrong to make people live in the UK when, for example, the Netherlands is so much better. Just compare the cycling facilities and local public transport. Crucially too, the Netherlands allows assisted dying.
I might be alright as I'm reasonably wealthy and highly educated so would probably pass visa restrictions as I don't need to work. But what about the young people who want a better life? For example, British people can escape the extortionate university fees by studying English language degrees at Dutch universities and pay the much lower tuition fees there. Outside the EU, this may no longer be possible. Of course, kids with wealthy parents will always be fine.
So under a Brexit, individuals may well experience great hardship that they wouldn't otherwise have had. Hardship caused by continued EU membership is harder to argue.
There should be arrangements that UK citizens who want to maintain their EU citizenship can do so.