Yet somehow it is easier for me, an Austrian, to go to Switzerland than to the UK. Schengen might have to do something with it. But guess who did not like the "

Yet somehow it is easier for me, an Austrian, to go to Switzerland than to the UK. Schengen might have to do something with it. But guess who did not like the "free travel" part? Also Switzerland and Norway have both been in huge diplomatic efforts to align as well with the EU as possible where it made sense for them. This non-membership certainly wasn't free — but those two nations could afford it. Not so sure about the UK here. I have seen interviews with brits that were surprised that leaving Schengen also means they cannot travel freely within the EU. They basically wanted all the goodies without being part and the rest of the EU should accept it because it is them. Maybe the only positive thing about Brexit is that the total dillusion caused by decades of UK politicians and media blaming everything on the EU might now show some cracks and reveal that it was really just a way to scam their own people all along.