I miss EU

Office in the morning, working from home in the afternoon. I seem to spend a lot of time at the moment feeling mildly anxious about business. Not that there's much to worry about, over and above the worries and concerns for any small business.

One of my most-used phrases is "let's not meet trouble halfway", but that's what I seem to be doing.

The mild anxiety comes from Brexit. I mean, I don't want to play down the impact of the pandemic, but what's scuppering our future is the ill-considered decision to leave the EU and, specifically, the single market and customs union. Indeed, we are enduring the hardest of Brexits.

My neighbour flies a variety of flags and I'm not sure how he chooses which one to put up each day but where I once had a quiet sense of pride and belonging on seeing his EU flag, now it just makes me feel sad and nostalgic.