Emeritus Prof Christopher MayMar 4

You'll recall that Brexit was meant to allow us to 'control' our borders, and you may also know that the checkpoint for imported meat products is 22 miles inland from Dover; drivers are required to drive to the checkpoint to have their shipments checked for compliance & disease control....

So, how many of you will be surprised that nearly 20% of shipments never turn-up for inspection, just going straight to their destination?

Not only was Brexit idiocy its also badly managed!

#Brexit
h/t FT

Show threadPeter BrownMar 4
@ChrisMayLA6 it will be US shipments which are dodging the checks
Show threadgroff 🇺🇦Mar 4

@peterbrown @ChrisMayLA6

What US meat shipments are arriving via Dover?

Show threadPeter Brown
@geoffl @ChrisMayLA6 Notaclue.
But Rotterdam is a major port of arrival in Europe and anything moving to the UK from there will probably access via Dover.
Mar 4 at 4:53pmWeb
Show threadgroff 🇺🇦Mar 4

@peterbrown @ChrisMayLA6

Freight from Rotterdam goes to Grimsby, Purfleet or Felixstowe. I'm normally shipping small stuff the other way and go Harwich to Hook of Holland. I've done road from Rotterdam to Calais but only on a jolly to pick up beer in Belgium before crossing to Dover.

No reason to send a container of meat that way unless you've got money to burn. And the French view going that route as suspicious, they stopped me on the E40 and emptied the vehicle searching it for drugs.

Show threadPeter BrownMar 4
@geoffl @ChrisMayLA6 ah well, I will bow to your superior knowledge! :)