If freight isn't allowed in from France

[justgeton]

What does this mean for our food chain?!

Back to the subject of freight... why is Johnson telling us it’s resolving and BBC reporting about 120 lorries when Kent RAC are reporting over 900 lorries? You don’t think he could be trying to hoodwink anyone?

I travelled across Europe by train before we joined the EEC. Every now and again a ticket inspector would appear and glance at our tickets. Every now and again a passport officer would come round and glance at our passports. It wasn't very arduous.

French Europe Minister Clément Beaune said they would announce on Tuesday what measures were being introduced "after this phase of emergency and harsh precaution that we had to take". He said they would come into effect from Wednesday.

@amicissimma

I travelled across Europe by train before we joined the EEC. Every now and again a ticket inspector would appear and glance at our tickets. Every now and again a passport officer would come round and glance at our passports. It wasn't very arduous.

But then terrorism wasn’t the issue it now is, mass movement of people had settled post war and far fewer people were travelling.

I travelled across Europe by train before we joined the EEC. Every now and again a ticket inspector would appear and glance at our tickets. Every now and again a passport officer would come round and glance at our passports. It wasn't very arduous.

The past is a foreign country. Rinse and repeat.

It means shortages of fresh produce until they get alternative supply chains up and running (where drivers dont cross the border).

Back in the 1970s we had Exchange controls which limited the amount of money you could take abroad. Foreign travel was expensive.

It will be interesting, and possibly entertaining, to re-read this thread in mid or late January.

@BarryWhiteIsMyBrother

It will be interesting, and possibly entertaining, to re-read this thread in mid or late January.

Also in 10 years from now.

Time will march on regardless. 25 years from now we will all be explaining what we really thought about Brexit as the new generation will see it through different eyes.

Some of the car plants in the U.K. and France are starting their Christmas break early as they are now out of production parts. The Dover- Calais problems have hit already.

twitter.com/lukwsm/status/1341353795197038593?s=21

Manston airport housing the lorries trying to get on ferries at Dover

"Airport" is a bit grand for Manston.
Bloody great runway with no infrastructure round the back of a flopped viagra factory
describes it better

A lot of the drivers are French and angry they won’t get home . I feel for the drivers very sad .

@CherryRoulade

I think he said at the time they were not in the motorway . They were moved to a holding area.

But now more have arrived .

No food and no toilets . All drivers wanting to get back to their families.

[quote Unsure33]@CherryRoulade

I think he said at the time they were not in the motorway . They were moved to a holding area.

But now more have arrived .

No food and no toilets . All drivers wanting to get back to their families.[/quote]
He was at best disingenuous.

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/23/lufthansa-fly-fresh-food-uk-shortage-fears-fruit-vegetables-border-french-blockade