A Day Away From Brexit.

Interesting and turbulent times ahead.

Brexit seems to finally take place at midnight tomorrow. Somehow I still can't believe it and sort of have an attitude of I'll believe it when I see it after all the back and forth of the last few years.

Brexit has morphed into a term thrown about at will by politicians and publicans with an ease and kind of like a huge umbrella covering the whole of Britain. An umbrella which will be permeable when it finally is here as many people are going to have a difficult time continuing life in the manner they have become used to. Jobs might be lost and standards of living adjusted downwards.

Europe despite all its rules and stipulations does look after the average worker. Some parts of Europe more than others - maternity leave alone is making many a new mother green with envy. In South Africa one more or less has two weeks off before and can get up to three months maternity leave but at times without adequate pay, while in the US there isn't any paid maternity leave. Great for the employer but not for anyone else. Europe really is tops at looking after its citizens. Let's hope Britain won't go backwards.

Travelling will change as well, as from now on one needs hefty visas and obviously pay for them. Dashing over the pond for a quick weekend in London might be a thing saved for anniversaries and birthdays from now on. Of course, unless your livelihood depends on tourism, it might just be the yearned for break from the stream of tourists that ordinary Londoners have to compete with for accommodation and honestly, everything else.

A new page of history will be written tomorrow and like many others, I am agog with curiosity at how it will turn out. Not often one gets to see history unfold close up before our very own eyes...

Biggi