Sadiq Khan’s call for a youth mobility agreement with EU countries is a welcome return to pro-European good sense and, I hope, a foretaste of what’s to come under a Labour government (“Sadiq Khan: ‘Free young people from Brexit work and travel ban’”).
As someone who has lived in three EU countries over the last 10 years, one of the saddest aspects of Brexit was knowing that future generations would not be able to do what I had done – or would find it much harder and more complicated. While my burgundy passport opened doors and ushered in opportunities, their blue passports bring them only red tape, uncertainty and long hours spent in draughty waiting rooms, waiting for appointments with immigration officials.
