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    Brexit Ass-umptions

    Brexit: UK assumes French plans 'will ease no-deal disruption'

    The government is assuming that French preparations for customs and regulatory checks have markedly decreased the anticipated trade disruption from a no-deal Brexit, the BBC has learned.

    "Reasonable worst case scenarios" still anticipate long disruption to about half the freight crossing the Channel.

    But the assumption, the basis for a lot of the government's no-deal planning, has been upgraded twice recently,

    The scenarios were told to industry, but kept secret from the public.

    Last year the government's original "reasonable worst case scenario" for no deal was that for three to six months, 75-87% of "flow" across the "short straits" would be interrupted and forced to join queues on motorways approaching the Channel Tunnel and ports.

    That assessment assumed that French authorities would check every lorry coming into its country manually. As there had been no talks between authorities. UK officials had to use satellite photographs to estimate the potential for holding and processing facilities around French ports.

    Brexit: UK assumes French plans 'will ease no-deal disruption' - BBC News

    That's nice, innit?

    #2
    That's the French and Germans doing all they can to crush the British people.

    That's nice 'innit?

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      #3
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      That's the French and Germans doing all they can to crush the British people.

      That's nice 'innit?

      Ah, poor triggered diddums.

      The UK want the French to spend millions to pay for the idiotic decisions made by some people in the UK.

      Do you feel crushed?
      …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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        #4
        It's alright the lorries can simply get on ferries to the US instead. H1-B visas are ten a penny.
        Last edited by BlasterBates; 8 August 2019, 08:22.
        I'm alright Jack

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          #5
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          That's the French and Germans doing all they can to crush the British people.

          That's nice 'innit?
          Same old same old from our European "partners"

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            #6
            Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
            It's alright the lorries can simply get on ferries to the US instead. H1-B visas are ten a penny.
            When does the Calais-Dublin direct ferry start?

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              #7
              Originally posted by Platypus View Post
              Same old same old from our European "partners"
              they were partners until the uk decided to leave the EU. nobody now in the EU has to be nice to the uk, why would they?

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                #8
                Originally posted by PCTNN View Post
                they were partners until the uk decided to leave the EU. nobody now in the EU has to be nice to the uk, why would they?
                Maybe because the UK holds all the cards and soon UK will become the greatest nation on earth and they should be afraid....
                "The boy who cried Sheep"

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                  When does the Calais-Dublin direct ferry start?
                  That's a bloody long way.
                  (~530 Nautical Miles)

                  You'd need quite a few very large ferries.

                  Or Container vessels and shedloads of trailers and Tractor units.
                  Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
                    That's a bloody long way.
                    (~530 Nautical Miles)

                    You'd need quite a few very large ferries.

                    Or Container vessels and shedloads of trailers and Tractor units.
                    I suppose you are right. They can go through the UK. How much should we charge them? I reckon Juncker's bar bill should do it...

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