The Guardian view on Brexit: start by protecting EU nationals | Editorial

It is morally and politically repugnant to try to bargain over the future of people who have enriched our livesBritain is poised to embark on a fraught and uncertain course. Leaving the European Union will weaken the remaining 27 members, and it is likely to set this country on a decade or more of instability. It is the end of a partnership that has brought much more to Britain than can be guessed at from the churlish nature of our relationship, which rarely recognised the wonder of this au