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Post by exile on Jul 24, 2022 17:33:27 GMT 1
Linda
I would only disagree on one point - where you say they have had 2 years to sort things out. In terms of Brexit they have had 6 years because this was being predicted and ignored by the remoaners but I can go back 40 years and it was a PITA getting into the port back then. Some things have been improved but it seems the port authorities/government have always played catch up rather than leap ahead.
Re: truck drivers - There are already drivers/companies who will not import/export via Dover. This months incidents will just make matters worse.
Omegal - the £30m was asked for by the port. The government agreed to 30k! Grant Schapps at his inimitable best.
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Post by hal on Jul 24, 2022 17:40:49 GMT 1
Unless there are drastic improvements in the flow of traffic a Dover I'm sure there will be those in the UK who will be rethinking their holiday plans for 2023. And gîte owners and others in France, dependent on visitors from the UK, may well be rethinking their plans? I re-thought mine immediately after the numbheads voted out! I only market through Gites de France. Full to the brim with French. If anyone from brexitland enquires, I make it very clear to them that the prices double so that I can recoup duties I pay importing car parts😀 |
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Post by ForumUser2 on Jul 24, 2022 17:46:32 GMT 1
If Britain is the world-leading paragon of everything - at least according to the Brexit morons and Tories (same thing, really) - how come so many seem so commited to getting off this Septic Isle?
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Post by tim17 on Jul 24, 2022 17:53:11 GMT 1
This weekend was a predictable 'perfect storm' of a lack of investment in custom posts, the start of school holidays, pent-up demand after Covid and no alternative crossings. The sad thing is that the people affected are EU citizens going home and Brits who love Europe and wouldn't have voted for Brexit, those that did would be at Margate or Scarborough.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2022 17:58:15 GMT 1
If Britain is the world-leading paragon of everything - at least according to the Brexit morons and Tories (same thing, really) - how come so many seem so commited to getting off this Septic Isle? It depends. Some are hypocrites others are refugees, basically. I consider myself the latter. I want to live in Scotland and holiday unhindered in France. I don't want to live in the UK. |
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Post by ForumUser2 on Jul 24, 2022 18:06:00 GMT 1
Spent 10 days in Ireland in the past couple of weeks. Found a house in Co Donegal that we like. Can we be bothered with moving at our age? As each day goes by the answer becomes more positive. It was great to be in a forward-looking inclusive country, even if only for a few days.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2022 19:24:59 GMT 1
Another belter from Led by Donkeys.
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Post by jackie on Jul 25, 2022 9:24:43 GMT 1
Simon Calder on GB News - sums it up nicely!
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Post by lindalovely on Jul 25, 2022 10:59:13 GMT 1
Unless there are drastic improvements in the flow of traffic a Dover I'm sure there will be those in the UK who will be rethinking their holiday plans for 2023. And gîte owners and others in France, dependent on visitors from the UK, may well be rethinking their plans? A walk though our local town last week was illuminating. Very few British reg cars..mostly French and some Dutch/Belgian..so in a sense the long drive from Calais down to the SW has perhaps begun to be less attractive with the increase in fuel costs. All the people we know who run gites are packed and full all summer though..mostly with UK visitors. Many fly and hire a car here or they take the other routes via Newhaven, Portsmouth or Southampton. Dover is the hub for the rest of Europe ..so if you want to holiday in Austria, Germany, Italy with the benefit of your own car, then that is probably the most viable option, as other crossings are considerably more expensive. Most of the British people I know who regularly come to this part of France and pay £1800 a week for accomodation, do so because they love the area. Difficulties at Dover won't deter them..they will just find an alternative route. |
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Post by woolybanana on Jul 25, 2022 11:25:21 GMT 1
How about not crossing at weekends when there are fewer folks about?
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Post by exile on Jul 25, 2022 11:53:52 GMT 1
That works really well - except that Gite rentals are normally Saturday to Saturday
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Post by woolybanana on Jul 25, 2022 12:10:48 GMT 1
Time for change, then?
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Post by crabtree on Jul 25, 2022 12:23:28 GMT 1
I was watching BBC News channel yesterday. They interviewed (by video link) the president of the Calais & Boulogne Ports. The interviewer asked him why there were all these queues in Dover and his reply was very simple "Brexit" he said. That really threw the interviewer, who was not expecting such a simple answer!
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Post by woolybanana on Jul 25, 2022 12:31:27 GMT 1
For how long will Brexit be used as an excuse to hide other problems?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2022 12:50:05 GMT 1
For how long will Brexit be used as an excuse to hide other problems? In this instance Brexit isn't being used as an excuse. It's the reason for these delays. It hasn't masked other problems. It has highlighted them. Inept government, lack of investment and institutional xenophobia are three that spring to mind. |
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