Boris Johnson plans to test ALL lorry drivers taking goods across Channel in bid to appease Macron - after blustering through pointless press conference without giving a single answer about when truckers will be allowed into France
Port of Dover in Kent was dramatically closed to all freight vehicles leaving the UK for the next 48 hours
Hauliers coming to UK will still be allowed but there are fears drivers won t travel to avoid being marooned
Countries including France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and Poland have announced restrictions on UK travel
Comes after emergence of mutant strain of coronavirus in England which spreads quicker than predecessor
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A No Deal Brexit Is Now All But Certain To Happen Fog in channel. Continent cut off. is a famous headline that was once used in a British newspaper (or maybe not). It encapsulates the snobbish British attitude towards Europe. Some fog indeed arose in the channel today but a much denser cloud will arise from the waters on January 1.
The new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus now per-dominant in south England has give a sudden foretaste of the chaos that can be expected at Britain s borders 10 days from now when Britain will leave the custom union and common market with the EU.
Home Secretary Priti Patel was pleased with her government s proactive measures THE Home Secretary insisted the UK has been “ahead of the curve” at tackling Covid-19, despite having the second-highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe as well as one of the worst economic hits. Priti Patel spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning amid chaos at ports following news that a variant strain of Covid-19 is understood to be more transmissible than the original. Several countries have closed their borders to the UK while France put a ban on freight lorries from Britain entering the country – sparking concern over the supply of fresh food over the Christmas period.
WARNINGS are being issued about food shortages if the border between the UK and the continent which has caused chaos at ports on the English Channel is not reopened. Crisis talks between Britain and France are continuing in an effort to resume trade flows to the continent. More than 1500 lorries are backed up in Kent, unable to make the crossing to France, with drivers having spent a second night sleeping in their cabs. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel said the Government is speaking constantly with France to achieve a resolution in both our interests to get freight moving again. But she defended the Government s handling of the pandemic, insisting ministers had been ahead of the curve in tackling coronavirus.