Brexit: What does it mean for foreign travel and is it about to ruin your holiday?

As pubs across Britain prepare to lay on Brexit parties featuring “British” cuisine and music by such celebrated bastions of Englishness as “The Beetles” and, er, Kylie Minogue, Nigel Farage’s once-distant dream of dragging Britain out of Europe is about to become a reality.

Yes, Friday 31 January 2020 is our last day in the EU, after which the metaphorical drawbridge across the Channel will be drawn up and we will be left to our own devices, going it alone in a brave new world without our continental brothers and sisters to turn to for support, oversight and credible wine.

Will the White Cliffs of Dover crumble into the sea as the few remaining scavengers in ragged Union Jacket waistcoats battle for the final wing of chlorinated chicken or will our fabled British pluck and Dunkirk spirit prevail?

Who on earth knows?

What we can answer are questions on the immediate bureaucratic ramifications of Brexit for foreign travel so let’s stick to that.