Assuming an average lorry is 17m long and you leave a 1m gap between them and form a single line queue of 7000 you'll get to London centre (actually slightly past as London - Dover is 76miles and 7000 lorries would be 78miles). So anyone living in London will be able to feel like being in Kent, surely a win-win.
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Originally posted by dsc View Post
How many of the lorries would be in the congestion zone?
Brexit benefit - lorries paying the congestion charge because they can't leave the country, think of the money the government would make from that!…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostTransport for London is a local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London,
Keeping London moving - Transport for London
FFS, Brexiters, thick as..."A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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More brexit benefit, for HM customs that is, £3.5B on import duties Which will be charged on to the customer (usually with a nice margin on top) resulting in higher retail prices in the shops
Shoppers could pay more after no-deal Brexit - BBC NewsComment
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BBC headline "Shoppers could..." However "Shoppers will..." is what the British Retail Consortium stated.Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
Black Market opportunities coming this way. Remember, trucks smuggling from Europe and selling there wares from the backs of trucks in Industrial Parks?"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Jérémie has clearly never been to Kent. But a neat reversal of the Pale of Calais.Originally posted by darmstadt View PostComment
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Had a very nice Pinot Noir from Kent at the weekend.
It’ll be a shame to lose the vin et cidre from that TOM.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Wine agreed, but Kentish cider isn't typically great.Originally posted by WTFH View Post
Cider apple - Wikipedia
Cider is made in several countries and can be made from any apples. Historically the flavours preferred and varieties used to produce cider have varied by region. Many of the most traditional apple varieties used for ciders come from or are derived from those from Devon, Somerset and Herefordshire in England, Normandy in France, and Asturias in Spain, and these areas are considered to have their own broad cider styles although the many exceptions make this more of a historic footnote. Normandy cider is usually naturally carbonated and clear: Asturian cider apple varieties are mainly 'sharps' or mild 'bittersweets',[21] producing a mildly acidic cider which is customarily served by being poured from height into the glass to oxygenate it.[22]In the UK there are two broad styles of cider, determined by the types of apple available. The style associated with the east of England (East Anglia, Kent, Sussex) used surplus dessert and cooking apples and was therefore characterised by an acidic, light-bodied cider. The other style, using specific cider apple cultivars with higher tannin levels, is usually associated with the West Country, particularly Somerset, and Three Counties. Within these broad types there are also a number of more specific regional styles. The ciders of Devon were often made largely from sweets, the cultivars low in acid and tannins that typified the county's orchards.[23][24] Devon cidermakers also specialised in "keeved", or "matched" cider, where fermentation was slowed to produce a naturally sweet finish, though such ciders were usually intended for the London market and a fully fermented, dry "rough" cider was preferred for home consumption.[25] Somerset ciders, by contrast, have tended to be stronger and more tannic. Bittersweet cultivars, locally known as "Jersey" apples, were typical of Somerset, although the county's most famous apple, Kingston Black, was a mild bittersharp.[26] The West Midland county of Gloucestershire traditionally favoured bittersharp apples, giving strong ciders with a higher bite of acidity and tannins: neighbouring Worcestershire and Herefordshire also favoured acidic cider apples, but their growers also made plantings of dual purpose apples to take advantage of markets in nearby industrial centres.[26]Comment
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