Brexit not okay for Kent
25/10/2022
Note that the slogans on these placards all represent news that has reached us about the effects of Brexit on Kent specifically. Some of these have featured in articles in Kent Bylines, as linked in the explanations below.
Two Years Post-Brexit: UK bands touring the EU continue to suffer through government inertia
11/08/2022
Optimism and opportunity for UK bands in Europe post-Covid continues to be thwarted by the on-going shadow of Brexit touring restrictions. Two years on, and the UK government continues to do nothing. / "Most of the progress has been made by the industry itself, rather than the government, while the government tries to steal the credit for it."
A crisis relief charity is being drafted in to ease the suffering of lorry drivers in post-Brexit queues. RE:ACT Disaster Response usually respond to help after earthquakes, hurricanes and floods.
RE:ACT Disaster Response has agreed a £180,000 six-month contract with Kent County Council to ease stuck truckers’ nightmare waits to board ferries and Eurotunnel shuttles
KentLive conducted a straw poll in Dover of 50 people asking how they would vote if they could repeat 2016.
A 23-mile stretch of the M20 is closed amid HMRC technical problems and a ferry shortage.
"How long until portable toilets are out on the A20 ? There are NO facilities for drivers waiting for hours. Forced to p*ss in bottles like animals."
mages from Google Satellite imagery show hundreds of lorries lining the roads around the Port of Dover after months of chaos delaying crossings.
The government agency said there had been a problem with some cameras after a 17k queue formed on the M20.
Work to relocate a motorway barrier built to reduce post-Brexit traffic disruption in Kent will cause delays for up to a year.
The Operation Brock system installed to manage expected traffic chaos in Kent after Brexit will now itself cause a year of disruption as the barrier is moved from the edge to the middle of the motorway.
Operation Brock: Post-Brexit emergency lorry powers around Port of Dover to be made permanent
10/08/2021
The change means the emergency measure – which repurposes part of the M20 motorway as a lorry park – could be put back in place at any time.
With less than a fortnight to go before the end of the transition period, lorry drivers face huge delays on their way to the border.
Ten-mile queues at ports as businesses across the UK stockpile in rush to avoid New Year chaos
19/12/2020
The chaos at ports such as Dover, Felixstowe and Southampton is heightening concerns over whether online Christmas orders will arrive in time.
M20 backlog caused by French authorities testing post-Brexit checks at the Eurotunnel
Lorry drivers were left queuing along the M20 in Kent as Brexit border control tests were carried out at the Channel Tunnel.
Facility nicknamed Farage Garage is just one of 29 such sites being created across England
Fresh seafood and baby chicks will be the only goods allowed to skip hours-long customs queues at UK border
05/08/2020
The two perishable products have been exempted from rules on how to manage traffic approaching the port of Dover.
Work on an "emergency lorry park" in Kent to accommodate up to 10,000 vehicles bound for Europe began without the knowledge of residents.
'Kent deserves better than being turned into a car park because of Boris Johnson’s reckless unwillingness to take a no-deal off the table,' say Lib Dems.
Moveable concrete barrier to replace the chaotic Operation Brock no-deal Brexit system to manage traffic jams on the M20.
M20 barriers removed as Operation Brock system is taken apart before 31 January.
"A complete waste of time and money" - but it will take 48 hours to stand down Operation Brock.
Long tailbacks as Brexit lorry operation to slow parts of major motorway to 30mph overruns
28/10/2019
Motorists brand works in preparation for potential no-deal queues ‘chaos’ and ‘complete waste of time’.