Another new Brexit thread

[HelloCity]

60% of Kent voted Leave in the referendum​

English villages wake up to find they're Brexit's new border

SEVINGTON, England (AP) — Four years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Brexit can still seem abstract.

apnews.com

Four years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Brexit can still seem abstract. But in the county known as the Garden of England, it is literally taking concrete form.

Just beyond the ancient oaks and yews that surround medieval St. Mary’s Church in the village of Sevington, bulldozers, dump trucks and cement mixers swarm noisily over a field. They are chewing up land to create part of Britain’s new border with the European Union — a customs clearance depot with room for up to 2,000 trucks.

No one asked local people for permission, and even in this Brexit-backing area, the disruption is straining support for the U.K.’s rupture with the EU.

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“The first anyone knew about it was when a sign went up saying the footpaths had been closed,” said Sharon Swandale, whose home in the village of Mersham used to be a 20-minute walk from Sevington. Closure of the path for construction work means it’s now an almost 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) drive.

“That was never part of the actual selling and the marketing for Brexit,” she said.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government has been reluctant to disclose details of its border plans. But last month it admitted its “reasonable worst-case scenario” involved “7,000 port-bound trucks in Kent and associated maximum delays of up to two days.”

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The Sevington site is intended for customs checks, and could also be a “temporary traffic management facility” — a parking lot — for trucks if there are border delays, the government says.

The 27-acre field is one of 10 sites around the country earmarked for potential border infrastructure, under powers the government has given itself to buy and build without consulting local authorities or residents first.

“Up to now no local resident has seen the plans,” said Rick Martin, chairman of Sevington parish council, adding that locals are worried about gridlock and the effect the site will have on property prices.

“People are quite perplexed at the moment about what it’s going to look like when there’s 1,000 lorries parked across the road,” he said.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

It's almost as if we need a brexit thread :-)

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

Dear me imagine having to show your passport to enter a country. Can't ever see it catching on.

Passports are not free....there will be many in the Eu that chose not to have one as they can travel / holiday in 26 other countries without one.

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

No shock here - we're already assuming we'll all be out of work post brexit so no holidays, and those lorry parks will make it impossible to get anywhere near the ferry ports. This is all before considering the crashing pound meaning a single croissant on the other side of the channel will cost as much as the average monthly take home here in blighty for the few who still have jobs.

Its amazing how remainers fears of life after Brexit transition are 'project fear'' .... non sensical worries and panicking . Leavers fears over the direction of the Eu (without any evidence whatsoever) are deemed to be ''of substance & total justification for leaving the Eu without a deal.

 

[mcfc1632]

Passports are not free....there will be many in the Eu that chose not to have one as they can travel / holiday in 26 other countries without one.

What is the point that you are making here?

Are you suggesting that many people in the EU do not have a passport?

Sorry genuinely seeking to work out what is the point here

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Passports are not free....there will be many in the Eu that chose not to have one as they can travel / holiday in 26 other countries without one.

Tbh if French motorway tolls don't put them off I doubt the cost of a document they need to travel anywhere else outside the EU will matter one bit.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Its amazing how remainers fears of life after Brexit transition are 'project fear'' .... non sensical worries and panicking . Leavers fears over the direction of the Eu (without any evidence whatsoever) are deemed to be ''of substance & total justification for leaving the Eu without a deal.

Yes, truly amazing.

 

[DrBlueBob]

It's almost as if we need a brexit thread :-)

It'll never catch on.

60% of Kent voted Leave in the referendum​

English villages wake up to find they're Brexit's new border

SEVINGTON, England (AP) — Four years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Brexit can still seem abstract.

apnews.com

Four years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Brexit can still seem abstract. But in the county known as the Garden of England, it is literally taking concrete form.

Just beyond the ancient oaks and yews that surround medieval St. Mary’s Church in the village of Sevington, bulldozers, dump trucks and cement mixers swarm noisily over a field. They are chewing up land to create part of Britain’s new border with the European Union — a customs clearance depot with room for up to 2,000 trucks.

No one asked local people for permission, and even in this Brexit-backing area, the disruption is straining support for the U.K.’s rupture with the EU.

———

“The first anyone knew about it was when a sign went up saying the footpaths had been closed,” said Sharon Swandale, whose home in the village of Mersham used to be a 20-minute walk from Sevington. Closure of the path for construction work means it’s now an almost 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) drive.

“That was never part of the actual selling and the marketing for Brexit,” she said.

———

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government has been reluctant to disclose details of its border plans. But last month it admitted its “reasonable worst-case scenario” involved “7,000 port-bound trucks in Kent and associated maximum delays of up to two days.”

———

The Sevington site is intended for customs checks, and could also be a “temporary traffic management facility” — a parking lot — for trucks if there are border delays, the government says.

The 27-acre field is one of 10 sites around the country earmarked for potential border infrastructure, under powers the government has given itself to buy and build without consulting local authorities or residents first.

“Up to now no local resident has seen the plans,” said Rick Martin, chairman of Sevington parish council, adding that locals are worried about gridlock and the effect the site will have on property prices.

“People are quite perplexed at the moment about what it’s going to look like when there’s 1,000 lorries parked across the road,” he said.

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Be careful what you wish for.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

It'll never catch on.

Be careful what you wish for.

Indeed. Surely it's about time we had a brexit thread to highlight issues such as this?

 

[DrBlueBob]

Indeed. Surely it's about time we had a brexit thread to highlight issues such as this?

You Sir, are a visionary. :-)