Thread: Britain outside the EU
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Old 23-07-2022, 14:24   #4314
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Re: Britain outside the EU
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Originally Posted by BenMcr View Post
Earlier this week Dover were already having to install more booths because they didn't have enough

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/20...-reduce-delays



So it can both be true that the post Brexit border checks are currently causing a general increase in the time taken, and specific issues can be down to staffing levels.
Surely, the extra booths were put in place to avoid just that.

Of course, they do need to be manned to be effective. That deficiency was solely down to the French. Dragging their heels and putting problems in the way, as usual.

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth View Post
I wonder how bad the delays would have been with less than half the French workforce in the days prior to leaving the EU? Are you trying to say it's purely down to the French workers being absent?
That’s completely irrelevant. What is relevant is that we had an agreement with the French to man the extra booths from 6am. They didn’t honour the agreement.

But then, it’s OK by you when the EU fails to honour an agreement…

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Originally Posted by ianch99 View Post
Total fantasy. The French were manning the agreed number of booths at 09:45.

The logic is really simple, even you can understand this: if you have to check each & every passport for 90 day entry compliance and then add a passport stamp, the process will take much longer that waving through the car as was the case in the past.
9.45 was far too late. They should have been there hours earlier, as we agreed with them, and because they weren’t, the queues built up exponentially.

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Originally Posted by BenMcr View Post
Of what relevance is this to yesterday’s delays, which were … probably … deliberately caused by the French?
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