Sovereignty, Schmovereignty: EU Drags UK to Court Over Free Movement—Again

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November 20, 2025

⚖️🇪🇺Just when you thought Brexit had closed the border on bickering, the EU is back, dragging the UK to court over alleged breaches of free movement rights. That’s right—Brussels is still acting like a scorned ex who keeps forwarding old texts to the group chat.

Apparently, even after a full-blown breakup, the EU still expects the UK to follow some of its rules, especially for citizens who lived here before the split. The UK, meanwhile, is giving off strong “new number, who dis?” energy.

🧳 When “Take Back Control” Means “But Not That Bit”

At the heart of this legal pillow fight is the post-Brexit settlement scheme — the one the UK created to let EU citizens stay, as long as they filled in 17 forms, gave biometric data, and didn’t blink too aggressively at a Home Office clerk. The EU claims the UK is violating the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement by denying residency to people who didn’t reapply fast enough or got caught in bureaucratic limbo.

The UK’s response? Something between a shrug and a Union Jack wrapped middle finger. After all, we left, didn’t we? Why should anyone in Brussels still have a say?

Here’s the kicker: while Brexiteers fume about “foreign courts,” the government agreed to this arrangement. That’s the part they leave out while doing their patriotic laps on GB News.

So now we’ve got the European Commission sending Britain to court, the UK playing the victim, and thousands of EU citizens stuck somewhere between “Leave Means Leave” and “You Should Have Clicked Submit.”

It’s not just legal theatre — it’s legal pantomime. 🎭

🚨 Challenges🚨

How long will we pretend Brexit was a clean break? Why is the UK still surprised that ditching the club doesn’t mean ignoring the contract? Is this sovereignty, or just selective amnesia?

👇 Drop your verdict in the comments. Is this EU lawsuit justified or just continental clinginess?

Top comments get featured in the next issue — no court summons required. ⚖️🔥

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One response to “Sovereignty, Schmovereignty: EU Drags UK to Court Over Free Movement—Again”

Mike

November 20, 2025

This is peak EU tantrum. You literally paid them £39 billion to piss off, held a four-year divorce trial, and they’re still rocking up at 2 a.m. drunk-texting ‘but you said you’d always respect my citizens’ rights 😭’.

The Withdrawal Agreement? Fine, they signed the bloody thing – but the second you spot Brussels trying to turn a legally binding exit clause into an everlasting backdoor for ECJ rule, you’re absolutely right to tell them to jog on. Sovereignty isn’t a pick ’n’ mix where you only obey the bits Remainers still fancy.

And please spare the sob stories about “poor EU citizens in limbo” – the settlement scheme granted status to over 6 million people. If a few thousand couldn’t be arsed to click the big friendly button after five and a half years of extensions and reminders, that’s on them, not “British hostility”.

This isn’t pantomime, it’s the same old EU BS power-grab dressed up as wounded feelings. You left. Get over it. New number, who dis? Block and move on. 🇬🇧🍺

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