Horror as Brexit chaos erupts -- some red tape and permits

 GUardian summary:

From Friday morning, individuals and businesses both in the UK and beyond face a dizzying new array of red tape, a good deal of it still to be confirmed, covering everything from travel, residency, work and tourism, to the supply of goods and services....Officials are hopeful of a smooth start to the new era but are braced for possible delays next week, with government estimates suggesting that more than half of smaller businesses have not yet prepared for the end of the free movement of goods and services....the end of many previous freedoms for British individuals and businesses, even to the extent of restricting where freight drivers can travel within the UK. [ Kent access permit, or “kermit” for short]

The 'dizzying array' was actually predicted on Dec 4 as part of the last-minute lobbying by the CBI to avoid no deal at any cost and as a reponse to a French 'rehearsal' for Brexit which caused delays 

 

The BBC managed to find a businessman who was expecting serious difficulties because he were still uncertain about how to proceed -- a butterfly products-exporting business in Stratford upon Avon. The horror if our pupae exports crash!

 

Doom was even averted by

 A last-minute agreement between the UK government and Spain will allow Gibraltarians to move freely between the British overseas territory and the EU – but the agreement will only come into force later in the year.

 

A pretty damp squib after the horrors of Project Fear, all things considered,