‘Critical incident’ declared at Port of Dover amid four hour getaway delays

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  1. Five years after the Tories demanded to introduce huge trade barriers with the EU and they still can’t even be bothered to try to make it work. Trebles all around.

  2. Blaming France… how predictable. Maybe if we had some sort of freedom of movement agreement there wouldn’t be an issue like this in the news every other month?

  3. This is all the fault of the French, checking passports, making sure British citizens aren’t overstaying their 90 day allowance in the EU. The French are even checking goods coming into their country. Who do they think they are, taking back control of their border in this way?

    We didn’t vote to leave the EU to be treated like bloody foreigners.

  4. Predictable nonsense on here: “this is because of Brexit”

    Reality: We have always had to have our passports checked to enter France.

    EDIT: it’s funny how people who pride themselves on “critical thinking skills” willfully ignore decades of actual history reality because it doesn’t fit with their chosen narrative.

    EDIT 2: Also, it apears a lot of you “le critical thinking” types don’t know what the EU’s freedom of movement rights are actually about.

  5. I’m sure people definitely warned about this several years ago, fairly positive…consequences and all that. They “knew what they were voting forrrrrr!!!!!!!”

  6. I have flashbacks from my childhood vacations in the 80s. Waiting for hours in the car at customs. (Although it was probably not quite so long.)

  7. Reading the BBC live text, lots of people seemingly without kids getting caught up in this. My only question is why the hell would you choose to travel now just as school is out. You’ve got the vast majority of the year to travel during term times, why make yourself suffer by travelling out of term. Makes no sense, plus it’s more expensive.

    I don’t have kids, and rest assured am I fuck bothering with holidays outside of term times

    It’s the equivalent of retired people deciding to do their shopping on weekends or evenings. What the fuck are you doing, go do your shit when everyone else is busy.

  8. A deal has been struck with the French border force to man 50% extra passport booths, which are being installed before the summer getaway weekend of 22-24 July.

    But, its all Brexit’s fault, apparently!!

  9. Welcome to the new normal. As was voted for. Brexit means Brexit. Just think of how long you can look at how BLOO your passport is.

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