Ten Days in Brexitland
London: Brexit for ever and ever? Landing at Luton airport felt like falling from the skies slap-bang into the middle of a post-no-deal-Brexit worst case scenario. On the runway a metallic voice on the PA told us that Luton airport was in the midst of an emergency and that disruptions were to be expected. Power lines had been cut all over the country and unusually heavy rain had penetrated the airport’s roof, flooding the floor below. Delays were to be expected. We were 9 th in the line of waiting planes . After finally disembarking, we shuffled, in an endless crush, for our passports to be stamped by overwhelmed immigration officials. All in all it was a dramatic entry to the UK: disintegrating infrastructure, bureaucratic muddles and climate change shocks all rolled into one. That initial impression was quickly dispelled as we wandered around the streets of London. With the prospect of crashing out of the EU without a deal looking ever more likely, Brits may