> I can understand exceptions being made for British citizens > who have been living in the continent for many years.
As far as I know this is a given already.
> However, it hardly seems fair for all British citizens to > be granted free employment/settlement rights in EU states, > when other EU citizens aren't afforded the same rights in > Britain.
This is also obvious.
I am not sure but the article may miss the point. Having a lock at Dutch citizenship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_nationality_law#Dual_cit...
So if you are a UK national living in the Netherlands it will be tricky to have dual citizenship. So assuming that you keep your UK citizenship your residency rights will be "grandfathered". Now a problem arises after the Brexit if such a UK national with residency in the Netherlands wants to retire in Spain - a place where he/she holds no residency rights.