Gove in his infinite wisdom

[Borg Refinery]

At least you have your blue passports
Designed in France and made in Poland

I think that's good enough for Toots and many others.

[papasmurf]

So truck drives should bring 2 days worth of food for the 7,000 truck car park,

That will be the fresh fish and live shellfish spoiled, and a lot of other fresh food as well.

[GerryT]

Presumably there would be complaints if the government were not anticipating worst case scenarios. If no-one is aware of the potential then there will be no planning for it and everyone would sail along mindlessly. Any organisation has to anticipate scenarios so as to have action plans in place from evacuation for fire to accident procedures. This is just on a bigger scale and individual businesses should be anticipating Brexit disruption and making sure they are prepared for it. If they are simply sitting back waiting for central government they are letting themselves down.

So truck drives should bring 2 days worth of food for the 7,000 truck car park, the cost for shipping is going up ten fold as the driver has to sit around for days. And when the drive gets turned away in the UK at ports for not having the correct paperwork that's more cost for the UK.

This isn't a worst case scenario, it's what the Govt expects will be the case.

[papasmurf]

If they are simply sitting back waiting for central government they are letting themselves down.

It is government letting them down.

[T00ts]

https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-michael-gove-letter-warns-of-queues-of-7-000-trucks-after-transition-period-ends-12079101

'In a letter sent to logistics groups, The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove outlines the government's "reasonable worst-case scenario" planning, including a warning that between 30-50% of trucks crossing the Channel will not be ready for the new regulations coming into force on 1 January 2021, while a "lack of capacity to hold unready trucks at French ports" could reduce the flow of traffic across the strait to 60-80% of normal levels.

"This could lead to maximum queues of 7,000 port bound trucks in Kent and associated maximum delays of up to two days," the document says and that the disruption could last up to three months

The leaked letter comes as a think tank said failure to reach an agreement with the EU in post-Brexit trade talks could hit Britain's economy three times harder in the long term than coronavirus.

Queues at the border, shortages of fresh food and medicine as well as more "hassle" travelling to the continent are also possible, according to the UK in a Changing Europe group.

Project Fear. Oh it's just Project Fear, it'll be fine..

Presumably there would be complaints if the government were not anticipating worst case scenarios. If no-one is aware of the potential then there will be no planning for it and everyone would sail along mindlessly. Any organisation has to anticipate scenarios so as to have action plans in place from evacuation for fire to accident procedures. This is just on a bigger scale and individual businesses should be anticipating Brexit disruption and making sure they are prepared for it. If they are simply sitting back waiting for central government they are letting themselves down.

[GerryT]

At least you have your blue passports
Designed in France and made in Poland

[papasmurf]

Project Fear. Oh it's just Project Fear, it'll be fine..

It is project reality.

[Borg Refinery]

https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-michael-gove-letter-warns-of-queues-of-7-000-trucks-after-transition-period-ends-12079101

'In a letter sent to logistics groups, The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove outlines the government's "reasonable worst-case scenario" planning, including a warning that between 30-50% of trucks crossing the Channel will not be ready for the new regulations coming into force on 1 January 2021, while a "lack of capacity to hold unready trucks at French ports" could reduce the flow of traffic across the strait to 60-80% of normal levels.

"This could lead to maximum queues of 7,000 port bound trucks in Kent and associated maximum delays of up to two days," the document says and that the disruption could last up to three months

The leaked letter comes as a think tank said failure to reach an agreement with the EU in post-Brexit trade talks could hit Britain's economy three times harder in the long term than coronavirus.

Queues at the border, shortages of fresh food and medicine as well as more "hassle" travelling to the continent are also possible, according to the UK in a Changing Europe group.

Project Fear. Oh it's just Project Fear, it'll be fine..