Britain proves its Liberalism in driving licence plans

Yesterday’s no-deal Brexit warnings, which set out that UK drivers would in future need either one or two International Driving Permits, at up to £5.50 per year, to drive in the EU, also proved in spades our nation’s innate Liberalism. 

We could of course have answered the EU’s illiberal and authoritarian spitefulness like for like – requiring EU drivers to be equally inconvenienced when visiting the UK. But on balance I far prefer our superior moral position, proving our natural Liberalism and our position as Europe’s most civilised and tolerant nation. Official advice is that:

Don’t grouse. On such a trivial matter, it’s really far, far better to use the opportunity to demonstrate our moral superiority and the EU’s puerile and petulant spite. Martin Selmayr may hide in his Brussels bunker dreaming up nasty little ‘punishments’ for Britain, but we’re really far bigger than to do the same in return.