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Brexit shock washes up on Britain's shores


Brexit shock washes up on Britain’s shores
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The impact is already being felt. Goods arriving into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK now require checks and delays have risen at the port of Dover.
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New tariffs, bureaucracy and quotas are disrupting life in the UK. The pain has only just begun.
The shrinking of Britain may even become physical and political. A Scottish referendum is now increasingly likely. There is a sense of exhaustion and fatigue among Britons.
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Routes to France closed. Stay home. So said the large sign in Kent in late-December, warning trucks as they slowed down, lining up and forming queues on their way to Dover, carrying British products headed for Europe. The ostensible reason was the outbreak of the more virulent form of covid-19 which was spreading across the British Isles. But there was another reason too, long foretold Brexit. ....

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Food trade bodies want border delay compensation scheme


Trade bodies across the supply chain have urged the government to create a compensation scheme for losses incurred due to the French border closure.
Heads of food organisations – including the Food and Drink Federation, the Fresh Produce Consortium, the UK Food and Drink Exporters Association and the Chilled Food Association – have written an open letter to George Eustice, environment secretary, and Grant Shapps, transport secretary, calling for immediate action for businesses caught up in the blockade.
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“The decision of the French authorities – to ban accompanied freight on 20 December 2020 – after the announcement by the UK government of the new strain of virus has caused a calamity for many food and drink businesses,” ​said the letter. ....

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