Au Revoir...

Well, we are here.  Our last day of membership of the EU.   We at Baccus are extremely sorry to be leaving.   EU membership and our individual citizenship have been huge bonuses for all concerned.   To my European customers, please do not be be fooled by the flag-waving boorish antics of a few MEPs and the headlines in the trash newspapers.  We remain at heart a civil and civilised country and at least half of the country, if not many more are saddened and even appalled at the sequence of events that has led to today.

Nothing will change with EU sales until the transition period comes to an end.  Should the UK and the EU agree a new set of trading terms by the end of the year we will have some further clarification of how things will work in the months and years to come.

We will return to the EU.  It may take a generation, but this is merely an interlude, not the finale.

I can think of no more fitting words to end this sad piece on than these:

Thy magic power re-unites
All that custom has divided,
All men become brothers
Under the sway of thy gentle wings.

Whoever has created
An abiding friendship,
Or has won
A true and loving wife,
All who can call at least one soul theirs,
Join in our song of praise;
But any who cannot must creep tearfully
Away from our circle.