Flying Back Again

Saturday 1st April

I am still returning to the UK every four weeks, and yesterday I flew back again.  I still do some work, mostly by e-mail but a visit every month to do wages and check the paperwork.  And I used to look forward to it, but now I am not so sure.  In a strange way England seems a foreign country to me now.  I simply don’t understand the change of mood, the Brexit decision still amazes me, the anger – hatred actually – of Europe, of Muslims, of anyone different.  And the country is slipping backwards again, schools are going to lose funding, despite Theresa May’s assurance that overall spending is increasing.  She says the same thing about the NHS of course, when we can all see before our eyes that it is struggling.

But the recent budget has shown that there will be no changing course, we are still refusing to even contemplate tax rises to sort our problems out. Austerity will continue and the deficit will continue too, so long as it is cheap to borrow money to fill the gap.  And all the news is dominated by Brexit, and will be now for at least two years to come.  And despite this I don’t think it has begun to sink in, just what a momentous decision the country has taken.  After the Second World War we begun to lose our Empire and decided that our future was with Europe, though to be honest we have always been poor Europeans.  Now we are on our own, Europe will not really want us anymore – and who can blame them – and our old Commonwealth has moved on too.  All we will have is America.  And whether they will even want us is debatable too.  Our only future will be as some sort of offshore tax haven.  Heaven help us…

p.s…I seem to be having difficulty in France reaching the catherine’s story site I post these blogs on…poor reception I suspect.  So, in the future you may see a few less blogs, but don’t worry I still care about you…hahaha