Saturday 2 January 2021

"No Access to the Docks"


The BBC's home editor Mark Easton dispatched himself to Dover yesterday to report on all the problems at the border. 

Unfortunately for him, there weren't any. All the lorry drivers he asked "Has it been difficult for you today?" said "No". 

Still, it didn't stop his report from mainly being about the "tangle of red tape, customs checks and regulatory inspections", the "extra hassle", the "fears of widespread disruption", the "largely untested" new IT systems to speed up customs processing, the "still not fully ready to open" inland customs facilities and how "fingers are being firmly crossed": 

The government accepts there will be bumpy moments as people adapt to the new post-Brexit environment but insists that today marks the moment when the United Kingdom takes back control of its destiny. 

He's always been a canny propagandist journalist. Just look at where he began his bit to camera, underneath a sign saying "No access to the docks". Very clever Mark!

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