School ski trip cancelled due to chaos in Dover - fuck the tories

[TheColourofspring]

My 15 year old son has just spent 17 hours in a coach in dover waiting to go on a much anticipated ski trip. It’s cost us over £1500 over a year and we hoped, given everything our kids lost over covid, it would be a positive experience.

The school just notified us to say that now- due to health and safety, drivers hours etc- the trip needs to be cancelled and the kids are on their way back from dover.

Absolutely FUCK the lying Tory cunts - they ruin everything. They try and blame the French yet all of this lies at their door. Fuck them all for ruining 100 kids trip (and probably thousands more) and ruining everything they touch with their stinking corrupt lies and their lies about brexit.

My son was in tears.

I really feel for you and your son, that's awful. Young people had so much cancelled in the last three years and now this.

Your son must be so disappointed. I'm sorry.

Yeah, sure.

Rubbish.

Oh, your poor son, he must be devastated.

@TomatoFrog bollocks. It lies entirely at the tories feet - Brexit it an unmitigated disaster. It was the tories that insisted that every passport had to be stamped.

Directly caused by the government being a bunch of incompetent self serving cunts

It really is a Brexit, hard border issue.

Except, yes you can!!

This is a DIRECT result of Brexit.

Is it bollocks.

Entirely down to Brexit and the government refusal to fund more passport control.

Ahhh that’s awful. Where do you stand on getting your money back?

Umm, pretty sure Brexit and the need to check each passport individually has played a part in delays. So, on this occasion, yup Tory government is to blame.

So sorry for your DC OP. They must be massively disappointed.

I imagine @TomatoFrog will leap to support the government no matter what. No real point in arguing with her I suppose.

@PinkiOcelot school have said they will try everything to get money back. 100 kids, 1500 each, feel sorry for the ski company too!

Yanbu. I hate the way they blame the French. It is their fault

Of course you can. Post Brexit it takes longer because the requirement for passport checks on non EU travellers.

I am so sorry, I don't know what to say, your poor lad and his mates and the teachers trying to keep their charges safe.

That is such a shame. I bet he just feels so so gutted after the build up. It’s just awful.

My niece is in same situation. Booked trip a year ago, waiting since last night to board a ferry. Will have to abandon the trip if they can't sail today as it's just 3 nights. Awful and mostly due to Brexit. The fuckers who voted for this need to be constantly reminded of their arrogance and stupidity.

It's a terrible situation. As a teacher I feel so sorry for the school staff trying to look after children in these circumstances.

Omg horrendous, so sorry for your son and his class. I really feel for everyone stuck in those queues, it's just inhumane.
Really hope you get your money back.

Project fear innit

And blame everyone who voted for Brexit.

Bad weather aside, it's wholly due to the fact we don't fund enough people to do the border checks.... because Brexit means we wanted them to take a lot longer.