EU lorry drivers from Germany, Eastern Europe, and across the EU drive in the EU.
They avoid travelling to third countries because delays at the border are very expensive.
Some do, if they are paid more. But only a few.
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They avoid travelling to third countries because delays at the border are very expensive.
Some do, if they are paid more. But only a few.
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https://twitter.com/PaulGivan4004BC/status/1333183476179349507
There was a reason why EU lorry drivers were not availing themselves of the opportunity to find out what Brexit means as far as driving to the UK was concerned.
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https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1329446198537842690
The simple reason: they will not be driving to the UK post 1st Jan 2021. It’s the economics. They pay £100,000+ for their lorry. They work on small margins. Parking in a lorry park in Kent won’t cut it.
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There is also a reason for the huge surplus of empty containers building up in the UK. Retailers, businesses etc. realise that come 1st Jan 2021 it will be difficult to get goods from the EU, so they have stockpiled.
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But EU businesses are cutting ties with UK businesses, so are not importing from the UK – hence recently the goods only going in one direction. And fields being filled with empty containers.
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https://twitter.com/vivamjm/status/1330563653075132416
On the UK side – without a deal – only a *very small* minority of UK hauliers will have the permissions to drive to the EU.
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https://twitter.com/CluelessTories/status/1291710249955721216
We could talk about the many other difficulties for just about every farm or business trading with the EU. For example, there simply are not enough vets to certify sheep prior to them being exported to the EU. We will first have very cheap lamb in the UK.
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And then it will be very expensive – once all the sheep farms have slaughtered their flocks and gone bankrupt.
Just one example.
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Just one example.
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Plus of course the 50,000 customs agents have not been recruited, or indeed trained – on customs systems that have not yet been tested, let alone gone live.
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And the big issue about all of this is that the problems above will largely occur regardless of whether there is a deal or not. It is the leaving of the single market that causes the issue.
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But surely the Govt having executed this reckless destructive criminal act, it will ensure that we still get food and medicine supplies?
I’m afraid that’s a no.
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I’m afraid that’s a no.
11/ & ENDS
https://twitter.com/Big_Headers/status/1333114436610088962
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