Home Office takes down defective 'passport checker' after causing travel chaos

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : While the UK was in the European Union, British passports were valid up to and including their expiry date for travel within the EU.
54% : The passport checker was set up in a bungled attempt to deal with the effects of Brexit.
53% : A London family hoping for a summer holiday in Cyprus were given spectacular "false negatives" for two of their children's passports - even though they are valid for travel to anywhere in the European Union until 24 May and 24 July next year.
47% : Since Brexit, British passport holders are treated as "third country nationals," with a minimum of three months' validity remaining from the intended date of leaving the Schengen area- encompassing most EU nations.
35% : Families with imminent holidays booked were wrongly informed by the gov.uk system that they would not be admitted to European Union.

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