Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
An aside to the Brexit debate: I walked from Italy into Switzerland (a non-EU state) and back yesterday through an official border post without showing my passport. I know that Switzerland has a trading agreement with the EU but I was surprised that such free movement was permitted without displaying even one's ID.
It's because Switzerland is part of Schengen. I'm actually a bit surprised that a traveller like yourself was surprised.

We're not in Schengen so it's nowt to do with brexit.