Chaos At Dover

[gulliver1]

Thousands of coach and car passengers endured a miserable Wait .
Many of them all through the night for their much awaited Easter Holiday
Stormy weather and the French were blamed by the UK Government .
But the Brits were just getting a taste of what they signed up for with Brexit When voted to become "Third Country Nationals" in the eyes of the EU... And it can only get worse....You are no longer in the EU so you have to join the non EU queues at ports and airports You voted for it . Enjoy.

[jno]

yes, they've got a cheek blaming the French for treating Brits as if they weren't in the union any more. But it's always somebody else's fault.

[sunny-dave]

What a sickening and repulsive post, gulliver1.

Do you get some sort of cheap, sexual thrill about revelling in other people's misery?

Yes - Brexit caused it - but these are real people in a ghastly situation - have you got not an ounce of empathy and decency in your bile filled body?

[jno]

calm down, dave, inquiring about other people's sexual preferences is hardly an appropriate response.

[Prudie]

And yet (and waiting for the usual put down by jno) I have been to Europe 3 times since we left via airports. Several family members and friends have via Eurostar, flying or the Chunnel. None of us have been held up at either end due to brexit and passport checks, however much you want us to in order to prove a point.

[anneasquith]

“ sexual thrill “ ? I hope that is your sense of strange humour SD .

[Hymie]

It’s not only at Dover that Brexit is causing delays – on my first trip to Europe since Covid (new Blue British passport in hand), on arrival non-EU nationals had to join a long queue rather than using the automated passport reading route. Plus each non-EU national given the third-degree by border staff, asking what the purpose of their visit was, how long, return flight arrangements, stamping their passport etc. The same thing happened on departure, with separate queues for EU and non-EU nationals.

All this was entirely predictable as a result of Brexit; the EU States have an obligation to ensure that no undesirables enter their territory – once an individual enters an EU country they effectively have access to all EU countries without further checks.

Perhaps for UK nationals, EU countries could have one queue for those who voted for Brexit and one for those who did not.

[pastafreak]

We've got to laugh about something Anne ;)

[Prudie]

I assume we are going to give examples to suit our view hymie. I'm not lying, I have European 3 stamps in my passport now, it was as quick as usual and I got a hello and a smile and that was all. Maybe it depends on where you went.

[jno]

Prudie, it depends on going on a coach, just before Easter. Those able to travel at other times, perhaps because they don't have jobs or children and aren't tied to public holidays, will be luckier.

[anneasquith]

I saw the tv reports earlier from Dover, looked horrendous, but knowing the likelihood of delays why would you travel ?

[theshedman]

I have been to the EU a couple of times since Brexit and to be honest I haven't noticed any difference at security and customs. Maybe I have been lucky but I can only go on my experience.

[webbo3]

Its the French striking in Calais.
https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2023/03/france-activists-likely-to-continue-nationwide-protests-strikes-against-pension-reform-through-early-april-update-12

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/france-strikes-air-traffic-control-flight-cancellations-april-ccrl6h7b6

Bad weather.
https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/France-travel-wrap-Ferries-cancelled-and-new-Paris-NYC-flights

\\Ferries disrupted as France blasted by storms
A number of ferry services have been affected by the bad weather sweeping over northern France today (March 31).//

P+O twitter.
https://twitter.com/POferriesupdate/status/1641748554422145028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1641748554422145028%7Ctwgr%5Eb8874f16617ff7b4e7dfc40d6f857ab36a0b0533%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.connexionfrance.com%2Farticle%2FFrench-news%2FFrance-travel-wrap-Ferries-cancelled-and-new-Paris-NYC-flights

[Ryzen]

Easter busy?? School holidays busy?? naaaaa Hewda thunk it??

[jno]

Ryzen, yes, here's a report from April 3 2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-60965245

Who'd have thought lightning could strike twice?

[davebro]

they should take their hols in the UK then

[fender62]

guess some people are not feeling the pinch with all the prices going up on everything, spend your coin in the uk instead, nothing in europe im remotely interested in, and that was before brexit, the portugese are nice welcoming people though, we still have the windsor treaty 700yrs old, poo poos the eu.

[davebro]

but UK hotels are full with bleedin' Albanians!

[MissTerious2]

Well apart from the sexual reference, I would agree gully often comes over as a pretty vindictive person. So best avoided.

[MissTerious2]

I would never travel anywhere at peak travel times unless it was essential.

[fender62]

davebro, but it's so bad here according to gully, really they are a bunch of chancers wanting to get to the pigs trough of benefits and housing
and all number of disabilty benefits (im sure they know about that one) and not to mention bringing over there whole villages old young disabled whatever..