Brexit: Parliament hill panorama
London_Parliament Hill_Before Brexit / After Brexit_31.12.2020
A month ago I walked up to the Parliament hill in Hampstead Heath in London to photographically commemorate an event that came twice in the span of one year - Brexit.
The so called Brexit - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as United Kingdom) — leaving political and economical organisation of European Union.
In my first blog from February 2020 (here) I wrote:
“The land of what is now The United Kingdom (UK) has been located on island(s) for at least 8000 years. The city of London was founded as Londinium by the Romans nearly 2000 years ago in the Thames valley.From the long-term historical viewpoint, the so called Brexit (UK leaving political and economical institution — the European Union) is most likely a small blip of an event. However, this recent political exit has been process stretching over three and half years, culminating on 31.1.2020 at 11pm GMT when the UK symbolically left the EU. Nevertheless the political process still continues…”
As the negotiations for a trade deal came to head before the new year of 2021 had started its course, The United Kingdom officially left the European Union on 31.12. 2020 at 11pm Greenwich Mean Time.
In my visual perspective, at the foot of the Parliament hill, this event ran through unceremoniously. The youth around and some other people slightly more higher up, had rather been waiting for midnight, to celebrate and to invite the new year 2021 in. It is true that I had seen lit up individual fireworks inside the city when the hand stroke 11 pm, but otherwise the moment had passed from the past to the future, quietly.